State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs New York
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In New York, $89,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.3% — not 13.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.2%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+10.3%
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 York
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $89,310
- p25
- $75,470
- p75
- $130,550
- p10
- $60,740
- p90
- $134,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.