State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Washington vs Wisconsin
Middle School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,140. In Wisconsin, $61,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45% — not 64.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.8%
Washington vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+45%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Wisconsin
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $61,960
- p25
- $51,770
- p75
- $76,510
- p10
- $47,870
- p90
- $79,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +37%
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.