State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: South Carolina vs Washington
Middle School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,140. In South Carolina, $60,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32% — not 40.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.5%
South Carolina vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-32%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Carolina
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $60,810
- p25
- $50,860
- p75
- $74,510
- p10
- $48,090
- p90
- $78,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
Washington
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $102,140
- p25
- $81,010
- p75
- $118,740
- p10
- $65,250
- p90
- $128,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.