State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Idaho vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Idaho, $60,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.7% — not 40%.
Nominal pay gap
-40%
Idaho vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-32.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $60,700
- p25
- $49,850
- p75
- $71,960
- p10
- $46,950
- p90
- $82,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.