State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Missouri
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Missouri, $55,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.2% — not 80.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+80.7%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+48.2%
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%
Missouri
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $55,920
- p25
- $46,920
- p75
- $62,450
- p10
- $43,010
- p90
- $76,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.