State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Alaska vs California
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Alaska, $80,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.8% — not 20.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.3%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-13.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $80,580
- p25
- $68,850
- p75
- $95,680
- p10
- $62,230
- p90
- $97,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.