State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Florida
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Florida, $61,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.5% — not 64.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.3%
California vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
+53.5%
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%
Florida
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $61,510
- p25
- $57,040
- p75
- $74,960
- p10
- $51,360
- p90
- $79,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.