State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Delaware
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Delaware, $78,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.1% — not 28.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.8%
California vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+16.1%
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%
Delaware
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $78,490
- p25
- $61,440
- p75
- $81,960
- p10
- $57,020
- p90
- $94,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.