State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Connecticut
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Connecticut, $81,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.7% — not 23.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.7%
California vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
+15.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Connecticut
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $81,710
- p25
- $64,670
- p75
- $101,760
- p10
- $60,150
- p90
- $111,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.