State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Colorado vs District of Columbia
Special Education Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $99,670. In Colorado, $67,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.1% — not 32.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.5%
Colorado vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-28.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $67,240
- p25
- $62,470
- p75
- $82,170
- p10
- $51,760
- p90
- $100,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
District of Columbia
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $99,670
- p25
- $82,460
- p75
- $127,940
- p10
- $80,640
- p90
- $127,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.