State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In Tennessee, $59,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.8% — not 41.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.4%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-31.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $59,980
- p25
- $50,360
- p75
- $64,590
- p10
- $48,100
- p90
- $76,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
Washington
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $102,350
- p25
- $80,320
- p75
- $115,880
- p10
- $64,610
- p90
- $127,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.