State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: District of Columbia vs Minnesota
Special Education Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $99,670. In Minnesota, $76,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.7% — not 30.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.1%
District of Columbia vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+16.7%
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
Minnesota
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $76,600
- p25
- $59,790
- p75
- $84,220
- p10
- $49,410
- p90
- $102,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.