State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs North Dakota
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In North Dakota, $61,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.7% — not 65.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+65.1%
California vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+32.7%
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 Dakota
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $61,210
- p25
- $51,950
- p75
- $72,360
- p10
- $47,280
- p90
- $80,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.