State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Texas vs Washington
Secondary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,670. In Texas, $63,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.7% — not 38.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.1%
Texas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-31.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $63,590
- p25
- $61,390
- p75
- $73,720
- p10
- $50,410
- p90
- $78,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.