State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs New Jersey
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In New Jersey, $83,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 20.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.6%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+18.6%
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%
New Jersey
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $83,770
- p25
- $76,190
- p75
- $101,700
- p10
- $65,250
- p90
- $110,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.