State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Rhode Island
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Rhode Island, $92,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.4% — not 8.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+8.7%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+0.4%
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%
Rhode Island
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $92,990
- p25
- $68,930
- p75
- $96,930
- p10
- $46,580
- p90
- $99,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.