State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Virginia vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In Virginia, $65,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.2% — not 36%.
Nominal pay gap
-36%
Virginia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-32.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Virginia
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $65,550
- p25
- $60,120
- p75
- $82,350
- p10
- $49,770
- p90
- $100,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -52%
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.