State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs North Carolina
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In North Carolina, $56,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.6% — not 78%.
Nominal pay gap
+78%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+51.6%
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%
North Carolina
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $56,770
- p25
- $47,450
- p75
- $61,100
- p10
- $45,200
- p90
- $70,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.