State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Minnesota
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Minnesota, $76,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 31.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.9%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+17.5%
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%
Minnesota
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $76,600
- p25
- $59,790
- p75
- $84,220
- p10
- $49,410
- p90
- $102,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.