State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Arizona vs California
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Arizona, $64,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.1% — not 36.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.4%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-30.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $64,300
- p25
- $54,630
- p75
- $79,130
- p10
- $49,240
- p90
- $110,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +60%
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.