State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Massachusetts, $83,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.1% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.5%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+15.1%
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%
Massachusetts
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $83,890
- p25
- $72,670
- p75
- $101,520
- p10
- $60,390
- p90
- $124,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.