State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Maryland
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Maryland, $93,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.5% — not 8.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+8.1%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+2.5%
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%
Maryland
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $93,530
- p25
- $72,120
- p75
- $104,030
- p10
- $62,160
- p90
- $119,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.