State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Michigan
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Michigan, $78,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.5% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.5%
California vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+12.5%
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%
Michigan
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $78,050
- p25
- $61,830
- p75
- $94,720
- p10
- $49,710
- p90
- $103,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.