State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Delaware vs District of Columbia
Special Education Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $99,670. In Delaware, $78,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.3% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.3%
Delaware vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-13.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $78,490
- p25
- $61,440
- p75
- $81,960
- p10
- $57,020
- p90
- $94,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.