Education Teachers, Postsecondary Salary — Yakima, Washington

The average Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Yakima, Washington earns $57,190 a year.

$57,190 / year, mean
↓ 30.0% below national average 33th percentile in Washington

Yakima pays below most of Washington for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's well below the national average for education teachers, postsecondary — one of the largest gaps in this dataset. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Washington

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
60
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.5%
Cost of living 96 #98 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2245 #169 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $355,256 #77 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $68,015 #117 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Yakima ranks #98 for cost of living and #77 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $130,400 Eugene $124,780 Riverside $124,070 San Diego $122,520 Ann Arbor $113,890 Los Angeles $110,600 San Francisco $108,550 Ithaca $106,960 College Station $105,560 Sacramento $99,580 Buffalo $97,450 Lansing $96,420 New York $96,080 Detroit $90,970 Rochester $89,580 Portland $87,570 Grand Rapids $87,190 Seattle $86,540 Austin $84,140 McAllen $83,640 Harrisburg $83,440 Albany $82,490 Baltimore $81,500 Philadelphia $79,880 Amarillo $79,220 Beaumont $79,130 Syracuse $78,430 Houston $77,880 Spokane $77,720 Reading $77,600 Kiryas Joel $77,060 Richmond $76,720 Pittsburgh $75,560 Virginia Beach $75,470 Harrisonburg $75,070 Terre Haute $73,900 Tyler $73,710 Indianapolis $73,530 Dallas $73,000 Fort Wayne $72,940 Huntington $72,800 Evansville $72,780 South Bend $71,770 Lexington $71,650 Salem $71,190 Erie $71,100 Brownsville $71,080 Miami $70,760 Bloomington $68,890 Jacksonville $68,550 San Antonio $68,290 Charleston $68,190 Louisville $67,770 Deltona $67,240 Chicago $66,660 Orlando $66,200 Allentown $65,850 Lakeland $65,740 Corvallis $65,050 El Paso $65,050 Lubbock $63,350 Laredo $62,840 Tampa $61,720 Trenton $60,700 Roanoke $60,000 Abilene $58,300 Yakima $57,190 Scranton $55,220 Sarasota $46,570
CityMean salaryvs. Yakima
Abilene, Texas$58,300+1.9%
Albany, New York$82,490+44.2%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$65,850+15.1%
Amarillo, Texas$79,220+38.5%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$113,890+99.1%
Austin, Texas$84,140+47.1%
Baltimore, Maryland$81,500+42.5%
Beaumont, Texas$79,130+38.4%
Bloomington, Illinois$68,890+20.5%
Brownsville, Texas$71,080+24.3%
Buffalo, New York$97,450+70.4%
Charleston, West Virginia$68,190+19.2%
Chicago, Illinois$66,660+16.6%
College Station, Texas$105,560+84.6%
Corvallis, Oregon$65,050+13.7%
Dallas, Texas$73,000+27.6%
Deltona, Florida$67,240+17.6%
Detroit, Michigan$90,970+59.1%
El Paso, Texas$65,050+13.7%
Erie, Pennsylvania$71,100+24.3%
Eugene, Oregon$124,780+118.2%
Evansville, Indiana$72,780+27.3%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$72,940+27.5%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$87,190+52.5%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$83,440+45.9%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$75,070+31.3%
Houston, Texas$77,880+36.2%
Huntington, West Virginia$72,800+27.3%
Indianapolis, Indiana$73,530+28.6%
Ithaca, New York$106,960+87.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$68,550+19.9%
Kiryas Joel, New York$77,060+34.7%
Lakeland, Florida$65,740+15.0%
Lansing, Michigan$96,420+68.6%
Laredo, Texas$62,840+9.9%
Lexington, Kentucky$71,650+25.3%
Los Angeles, California$110,600+93.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$67,770+18.5%
Lubbock, Texas$63,350+10.8%
McAllen, Texas$83,640+46.2%
Miami, Florida$70,760+23.7%
New York, New York$96,080+68.0%
Sarasota, Florida$46,570-18.6%
Orlando, Florida$66,200+15.8%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$79,880+39.7%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$75,560+32.1%
Portland, Oregon$87,570+53.1%
Reading, Pennsylvania$77,600+35.7%
Richmond, Virginia$76,720+34.1%
Riverside, California$124,070+116.9%
Roanoke, Virginia$60,000+4.9%
Rochester, New York$89,580+56.6%
Sacramento, California$99,580+74.1%
Salem, Oregon$71,190+24.5%
San Antonio, Texas$68,290+19.4%
San Diego, California$122,520+114.2%
San Francisco, California$108,550+89.8%
San Jose, California$130,400+128.0%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$55,220-3.4%
Seattle, Washington$86,540+51.3%
South Bend, Indiana$71,770+25.5%
Spokane, Washington$77,720+35.9%
Syracuse, New York$78,430+37.1%
Tampa, Florida$61,720+7.9%
Terre Haute, Indiana$73,900+29.2%
Trenton, New Jersey$60,700+6.1%
Tyler, Texas$73,710+28.9%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$75,470+32.0%
Gross salary
57,190/yr
Estimated take-home
48,132/yr
Est. total withheld
15.8%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Washington has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 25-1081 SOC code
Official area Yakima, WA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 49420 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: wa_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

AK HI

Highlighted: Washington

Population (metro area)
256,605