State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
Special Education Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $99,670. In Massachusetts, $83,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 18.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.8%
District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+14.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Massachusetts
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $83,890
- p25
- $72,670
- p75
- $101,520
- p10
- $60,390
- p90
- $124,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.