State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Oklahoma
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Oklahoma, $59,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.4% — not 69.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+69.4%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+34.4%
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%
Oklahoma
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $59,660
- p25
- $49,180
- p75
- $61,910
- p10
- $44,730
- p90
- $75,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.