State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Oregon
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Oregon, $77,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22% — not 30.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.6%
California vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+22%
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%
Oregon
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $77,400
- p25
- $59,910
- p75
- $91,380
- p10
- $49,810
- p90
- $98,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.