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Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education pay in Alabama and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education is $61,770 per year in Alabama. It is $102,140 per year in Washington. Alabama is 39.5% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-2022 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 10,000 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 10,510 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