State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Illinois
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Illinois, $79,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.3% — not 26.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.5%
California vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+14.3%
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%
Illinois
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $79,890
- p25
- $62,780
- p75
- $104,990
- p10
- $49,920
- p90
- $129,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- 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.