State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Idaho
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Idaho, $60,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.6% — not 66.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+66.5%
California vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+43.6%
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%
Idaho
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $60,700
- p25
- $49,850
- p75
- $71,960
- p10
- $46,950
- p90
- $82,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.