State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Alabama vs California
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Alabama, $62,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.3% — not 38.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.4%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-23.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $62,210
- p25
- $58,460
- p75
- $71,070
- p10
- $50,020
- p90
- $75,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $101,060
- p25
- $79,740
- p75
- $123,840
- p10
- $63,390
- p90
- $131,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.