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State comparison · 2025

Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Nebraska

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Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Nebraska, $63,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.6% — not 59.2%.

Nominal pay gap
+59.2%
California vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+29.6%
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%
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Nebraska

Special Education Teachers

Median
$63,460
p25
$60,470
p75
$75,820
p10
$47,970
p90
$77,970
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
90.1
See full breakdown for Nebraska

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.