State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Nevada
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Nevada, $60,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.1% — not 66.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+66.2%
California vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+50.1%
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%
Nevada
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $60,810
- p25
- $54,380
- p75
- $78,990
- p10
- $39,720
- p90
- $84,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.