Special Education Teachers, All Other salary

SOC 25-2059 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$76,580

per year, nationally

Middle half

$60,930–$99,690

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

33,930

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+1.1%

2,900 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$48,440$120,080

10th: $48,440
25th: $60,930
Median: $76,580
75th: $99,690
90th: $120,080

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Bachelor's degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where special education teachers, all other earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	California	$103,050	110.7	8,920	2.24×
2	New Mexico	$86,520	92.2	100	0.51×
3	Delaware	$85,040	99.8	50	0.43×
4	Oregon	$82,240	103.4	820	1.90×
5	Rhode Island	$80,080	102.3	110	1.05×
6	Colorado	$79,290	103.1	180	0.28×
7	Michigan	$78,540	96.2	3,320	3.45×
8	Massachusetts	$78,440	105.8	300	0.37×
9	Virginia	$77,280	101.1	540	0.60×
10	Washington	$76,790	107.0	170	0.21×
11	Pennsylvania	$76,530	97.6	450	0.34×
12	Georgia	$76,130	96.3	980	0.92×
13	Maryland	$76,100	105.0	3,020	5.02×
14	District of Columbia	$71,130	109.9	130	0.87×
15	New Jersey	$71,110	108.8	610	0.65×
16	Iowa	$71,050	87.8	340	0.99×
17	Minnesota	$69,470	98.6	180	0.28×
18	Florida	$68,690	103.4	900	0.42×
19	Utah	$67,860	98.9	100	0.27×
20	Wisconsin	$66,910	94.1	160	0.24×
21	New Hampshire	$66,670	104.2	160	1.05×
22	New York	$65,970	107.9	2,170	1.03×
23	Texas	$65,710	97.1	880	0.29×
24	North Carolina	$65,170	94.3	—	—
25	Illinois	$64,850	100.0	2,560	1.92×
26	Nevada	$64,410	100.0	1,230	3.64×
27	Tennessee	$63,300	91.9	180	0.26×
28	Kentucky	$63,140	90.2	290	0.66×
29	Arkansas	$61,690	86.9	70	0.25×
30	North Dakota	$61,500	89.0	90	0.92×
31	Connecticut	$61,480	103.6	1,400	3.77×
32	Louisiana	$61,170	88.2	610	1.45×
33	Indiana	$60,920	93.3	80	0.11×
34	Nebraska	$59,760	90.1	60	0.28×
35	Arizona	$59,500	100.7	—	—
36	Maine	$56,780	97.0	—	—
37	Ohio	$51,230	92.8	580	0.48×
38	Missouri	$49,610	90.8	210	0.33×
39	Alabama	$49,520	88.8	110	0.24×
40	Vermont	$46,980	98.0	70	1.13×
41	Mississippi	$46,700	87.0	60	0.24×
42	West Virginia	$39,920	89.5	530	3.44×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where special education teachers, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for special education teachers, all other

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Salinas, CA	$112,900	109.0	200	4.89×
2	Vallejo, CA	$110,000	108.5	110	3.34×
3	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$109,600	113.6	4,230	3.09×
4	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$107,390	108.8	140	3.24×
5	Visalia, CA	$107,190	99.8	200	5.24×
6	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$106,650	107.8	100	2.16×
7	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$106,510	108.6	50	1.76×
8	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$102,870	111.9	410	1.23×
9	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$101,850	106.4	580	1.55×
10	Modesto, CA	$101,030	104.1	90	2.10×
11	Yuba City, CA	$100,020	104.2	70	6.20×
12	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$97,070	105.4	300	1.15×
13	Merced, CA	$96,560	98.3	70	4.07×
14	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$95,120	115.6	—	—
15	Fresno, CA	$95,120	102.2	290	2.74×
16	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$94,880	110.5	130	1.82×
17	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$88,810	106.7	500	2.11×
18	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$87,430	110.4	420	1.68×
19	Worcester, MA	$83,690	102.5	60	0.81×
20	Bend, OR	$83,190	103.6	40	1.67×
21	Salem, OR	$82,140	103.6	100	2.44×
22	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$82,050	101.6	90	2.64×
23	Valdosta, GA	$81,700	88.3	120	10.57×
24	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$81,330	93.1	30	0.22×
25	Flint, MI	$80,960	93.0	120	4.20×
26	Medford, OR	$80,550	101.4	50	2.60×
27	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$80,460	95.0	120	2.47×
28	Jackson, MI	$80,210	91.8	100	8.14×
29	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$80,110	95.4	50	0.22×
30	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$80,080	101.8	120	0.78×
31	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$79,880	108.9	890	1.29×
32	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$79,580	100.1	370	0.59×
33	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$79,500	100.3	1,250	3.01×
34	Midland, MI	$79,470	91.9	50	5.75×
35	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	$79,410	97.7	110	2.74×
36	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$79,320	96.9	—	—
37	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$79,290	105.8	110	0.31×
38	Ann Arbor, MI	$79,080	100.9	100	2.12×
39	Jacksonville, FL	$78,420	99.5	50	0.33×
40	Saginaw, MI	$77,760	90.9	60	3.33×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where special education teachers, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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