State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Wisconsin
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Wisconsin, $63,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.2% — not 59.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.1%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+35.2%
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%
Wisconsin
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $63,520
- p25
- $58,450
- p75
- $77,100
- p10
- $48,870
- p90
- $83,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.