State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Arkansas vs District of Columbia
Special Education Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $99,670. In Arkansas, $57,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.7% — not 42.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.8%
Arkansas vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-27.7%
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%
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.