State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Colorado vs Texas
Special Education Teachers in Colorado earn a median of $67,240. In Texas, $64,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.3% — not 3.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+3.7%
Colorado vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-2.3%
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
Texas
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $64,830
- p25
- $61,340
- p75
- $73,180
- p10
- $52,270
- p90
- $77,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -22%
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.