State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Georgia vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Georgia, $74,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.5% — not 26.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.7%
Georgia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-18.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $74,150
- p25
- $62,010
- p75
- $79,500
- p10
- $56,910
- p90
- $97,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
Washington
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $101,120
- p25
- $80,620
- p75
- $112,750
- p10
- $67,880
- p90
- $128,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.