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Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education pay in Kansas and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education is $56,670 per year in Kansas. It is $99,960 per year in Washington. Kansas is 43.3% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-2012 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 1,300 wage and salary jobs in Kansas and 5,270 in Washington. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings