State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Arizona vs District of Columbia
Special Education Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $99,670. In Arizona, $64,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.6% — not 35.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.5%
Arizona vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-29.6%
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%
District of Columbia
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $99,670
- p25
- $82,460
- p75
- $127,940
- p10
- $80,640
- p90
- $127,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.