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Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education pay in Utah and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education is $79,180 per year in Utah. It is $102,140 per year in Washington. Utah is 22.5% 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 5,960 wage and salary jobs in Utah 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