State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Secondary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,670. In Tennessee, $61,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.8% — not 39.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.7%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-29.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $61,860
- p25
- $52,870
- p75
- $73,740
- p10
- $49,050
- p90
- $79,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -21%
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.