State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Pennsylvania, $77,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.7% — not 31.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.2%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+15.7%
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%
Pennsylvania
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $77,000
- p25
- $61,210
- p75
- $90,160
- p10
- $51,110
- p90
- $101,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.