State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Alabama vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Alabama, $62,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.9% — not 38.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.5%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-25.9%
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
Washington
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $101,120
- p25
- $80,620
- p75
- $112,750
- p10
- $67,880
- p90
- $128,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.