State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: District of Columbia vs Wisconsin
Special Education Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $99,670. In Wisconsin, $63,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.4% — not 56.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.9%
District of Columbia vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+34.4%
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
Wisconsin
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $63,520
- p25
- $58,450
- p75
- $77,100
- p10
- $48,870
- p90
- $83,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- 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.