State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Iowa
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Iowa, $60,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.9% — not 66.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+66.3%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+31.9%
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%
Iowa
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $60,780
- p25
- $51,430
- p75
- $75,600
- p10
- $46,840
- p90
- $81,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.