State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: District of Columbia vs South Carolina
Special Education Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $99,670. In South Carolina, $62,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.7% — not 60.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+60.4%
District of Columbia vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+36.7%
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
South Carolina
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $62,150
- p25
- $58,430
- p75
- $75,560
- p10
- $49,330
- p90
- $83,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +180%
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.