State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs New Mexico
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In New Mexico, $76,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.4% — not 31.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.3%
California vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+9.4%
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 Mexico
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $76,940
- p25
- $64,100
- p75
- $81,480
- p10
- $60,190
- p90
- $90,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.