State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Arkansas vs California
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Arkansas, $57,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.2% — not 43.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.6%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-28.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $57,000
- p25
- $51,110
- p75
- $60,910
- p10
- $47,820
- p90
- $66,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.