State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Massachusetts, $83,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.1% — not 17%.
Nominal pay gap
-17%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-16.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $83,890
- p25
- $72,670
- p75
- $101,520
- p10
- $60,390
- p90
- $124,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.