State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: District of Columbia vs Virginia
Special Education Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $99,670. In Virginia, $68,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34% — not 45.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.7%
District of Columbia vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+34%
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
Virginia
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $68,400
- p25
- $59,900
- p75
- $85,000
- p10
- $50,510
- p90
- $109,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +900%
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.