State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Georgia
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Georgia, $74,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 36.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.3%
California vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+18.6%
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%
Georgia
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $74,150
- p25
- $62,010
- p75
- $79,500
- p10
- $56,910
- p90
- $97,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.