State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Arizona vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Arizona, $64,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.4% — not 36.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.4%
Arizona vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-32.4%
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%
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.