State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Ohio
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Ohio, $76,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.2% — not 32.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.7%
California vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+11.2%
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%
Ohio
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $76,180
- p25
- $58,910
- p75
- $85,170
- p10
- $47,800
- p90
- $100,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.