State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs New Hampshire
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In New Hampshire, $69,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.8% — not 45.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.3%
California vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+36.8%
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%
New Hampshire
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $69,560
- p25
- $58,480
- p75
- $82,440
- p10
- $47,950
- p90
- $98,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
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.