State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Texas vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In Texas, $62,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.4% — not 38.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.7%
Texas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-32.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $62,760
- p25
- $59,460
- p75
- $65,410
- p10
- $48,500
- p90
- $73,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.