State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Middle School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,140. In Tennessee, $60,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.8% — not 40.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.6%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-30.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $60,690
- p25
- $50,780
- p75
- $64,650
- p10
- $48,540
- p90
- $76,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.