State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Illinois vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Illinois, $79,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.5% — not 21%.
Nominal pay gap
-21%
Illinois vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $79,890
- p25
- $62,780
- p75
- $104,990
- p10
- $49,920
- p90
- $129,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.