State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Kentucky, $60,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.8% — not 39.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.9%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-28.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $60,730
- p25
- $49,070
- p75
- $66,260
- p10
- $46,610
- p90
- $79,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.