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State comparison · 2025

Special Education Teachers salary: Arkansas vs California

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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%
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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%
See full breakdown for California

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.