State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: District of Columbia vs New Mexico
Special Education Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $99,670. In New Mexico, $76,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.5%
District of Columbia vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+8.7%
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
New Mexico
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $76,940
- p25
- $64,100
- p75
- $81,480
- p10
- $60,190
- p90
- $90,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.