State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Arkansas vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Arkansas, $57,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.6% — not 43.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.6%
Arkansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-30.6%
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%
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.