State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Delaware vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Delaware, $78,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.8% — not 22.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.4%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-16.8%
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
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.