State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: California vs Wyoming
Special Education Teachers in California earn a median of $101,060. In Wyoming, $62,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.9% — not 61.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.1%
California vs Wyoming
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%
Wyoming
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $62,750
- p25
- $59,810
- p75
- $74,870
- p10
- $52,440
- p90
- $77,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.