State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: South Carolina vs Washington
Secondary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,670. In South Carolina, $62,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.4% — not 39%.
Nominal pay gap
-39%
South Carolina vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-30.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Carolina
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $62,580
- p25
- $55,790
- p75
- $76,600
- p10
- $48,740
- p90
- $80,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -14%
Washington
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $102,670
- p25
- $81,360
- p75
- $121,100
- p10
- $62,950
- p90
- $128,410
- 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.