Seattle Public Schools / Hazel Wolf K-8 / Secondary Teacher
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
11 employees hold this title in Hazel Wolf K-8. Median total compensation for the role is $124,050, below the department median of $125,239.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 11 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, the median wage for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education — about 7,720 people — is $102,670. Hazel Wolf K-8 pays a median base salary of $105,439 for this role, 3% above that figure — about the 53rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education across every employer in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Hazel Wolf K-8’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education — about 1,065,210 people — is $72,040. Hazel Wolf K-8’s median base salary is 46% above that national figure, about the 88th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 10 of 11 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Hazel Wolf K-8 is $124,050, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Secondary Teacher is held in 41 Seattle Public Schools departments. In Hazel Wolf K-8, the median of $124,050 ranks #36 of 41.
Median total compensation for the Secondary Teacher role in other Seattle Public Schoolsdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Secondary Teacher/Hazel Wolf K-8
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Beverly Ferguson is a Secondary Teacher at Hazel Wolf K-8. 2024 total compensation came to $178,484.
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At Hazel Wolf K-8, Tamara Alston serves as a Secondary Teacher. Their 2024 pay totaled $175,688.
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Melinda Hill is a Secondary Teacher at Hazel Wolf K-8. 2024 total compensation came to $156,317.
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Keri Rotton is a Secondary Teacher at Hazel Wolf K-8. 2024 total compensation came to $156,301.
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Hillary Peterman works as a Secondary Teacher for Hazel Wolf K-8. Hillary earned $155,912 in 2024.
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At Hazel Wolf K-8, Thomas Breysse Jr serves as a Secondary Teacher. Their 2024 pay totaled $124,050.
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Patricia Nelson holds the role of Secondary Teacher at Hazel Wolf K-8. In 2024, their total compensation was $121,344.
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At Hazel Wolf K-8, Kalpana Natarajan serves as a Secondary Teacher. Their 2024 pay totaled $121,145.
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Alyssa Powers works as a Secondary Teacher for Hazel Wolf K-8. Their status is 0.8 FTE. Alyssa earned $119,529 in 2024.
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At Hazel Wolf K-8, Christopher Roff serves as a Secondary Teacher. Their 2024 pay totaled $105,852.
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Ashley West holds the role of Secondary Teacher at Hazel Wolf K-8. Their status is 0.2 FTE. In 2024, their total compensation was $15,532.