# US states by elementary school teacher mean annual wage, 2025

All 51 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `teacher_annual_mean_wage_elementary`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Average (mean) annual wage of elementary school teachers, except special education (Standard Occupational Classification 25-2021), in US dollars, from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Public and private schools. Estimates refer to May of each year.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May estimates, state cross-industry file: annual mean wage, elementary school teachers except special education (25-2021) (https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25st.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May estimates, state cross-industry file: annual mean wage, elementary school teachers except special education (25-2021). https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25st.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/elementary-teacher-salary/us-states

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Washington | 97,970 |
| 2 | California | 95,670 |
| 3 | District of Columbia | 93,910 |
| 4 | New York | 93,400 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | 88,720 |
| 6 | Connecticut | 83,380 |
| 7 | New Jersey | 82,120 |
| 8 | Maryland | 80,090 |
| 9 | Rhode Island | 79,660 |
| 10 | Alaska | 78,580 |
| 11 | Pennsylvania | 75,780 |
| 12 | Minnesota | 74,790 |
| 13 | Illinois | 74,630 |
| 14 | Oregon | 74,370 |
| 15 | Utah | 73,630 |
| 16 | Delaware | 73,230 |
| 17 | Ohio | 72,740 |
| 18 | New Mexico | 72,170 |
| 19 | Virginia | 71,540 |
| 20 | Georgia | 70,720 |
| 21 | Hawaii | 70,670 |
| 22 | Colorado | 70,110 |
| 23 | New Hampshire | 69,930 |
| 24 | Michigan | 69,000 |
| 25 | Vermont | 68,410 |
| 26 | Wisconsin | 65,960 |
| 27 | Maine | 65,930 |
| 28 | Nevada | 65,840 |
| 29 | Nebraska | 63,730 |
| 30 | Wyoming | 63,630 |
| 31 | South Carolina | 62,210 |
| 32 | Texas | 61,890 |
| 33 | Idaho | 60,940 |
| 34 | Indiana | 60,850 |
| 35 | Kentucky | 59,870 |
| 36 | Tennessee | 59,850 |
| 37 | Alabama | 59,590 |
| 38 | Florida | 59,530 |
| 39 | North Dakota | 59,140 |
| 40 | Iowa | 59,110 |
| 41 | Arizona | 58,920 |
| 42 | Louisiana | 58,170 |
| 43 | Montana | 58,150 |
| 44 | Kansas | 56,730 |
| 44 | Missouri | 56,730 |
| 46 | Arkansas | 56,210 |
| 47 | West Virginia | 54,890 |
| 48 | North Carolina | 54,070 |
| 49 | South Dakota | 52,680 |
| 50 | Oklahoma | 52,320 |
| 51 | Mississippi | 52,300 |