State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Indiana vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Indiana, $61,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.7% — not 39.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.5%
Indiana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-30.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $61,130
- p25
- $50,630
- p75
- $75,930
- p10
- $46,940
- p90
- $85,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.