State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Kentucky
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Kentucky, $60,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.6% — not 66.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+66.4%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+35.6%
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%
Kentucky
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $60,730
- p25
- $49,070
- p75
- $66,260
- p10
- $46,610
- p90
- $79,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.