Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $66K, rent takes 25.2% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,148/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors typically earn — is $41K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,456/month.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $66K locally vs. $62K nationally, a 7% difference.

Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area pays $66K median vs. the U.S. average of $62K — that’s +7%.

The median is $65,690 a year, that works out to about $32 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $40,930, and experienced adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors can clear $82,890. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,550/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,148/month, which eats 25.2% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors salary is worth about $65,690 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.