State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Colorado vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Colorado, $67,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31% — not 33.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.5%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-31%
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%
Washington
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $101,120
- p25
- $80,620
- p75
- $112,750
- p10
- $67,880
- p90
- $128,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.