State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Indiana
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Indiana, $61,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.3% — not 65.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+65.3%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+39.3%
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%
Indiana
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $61,130
- p25
- $50,630
- p75
- $75,930
- p10
- $46,940
- p90
- $85,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.