State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Virginia
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Virginia, $68,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.9% — not 47.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.7%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+34.9%
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%
Virginia
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $68,400
- p25
- $59,900
- p75
- $85,000
- p10
- $50,510
- p90
- $109,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +900%
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.