State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Minnesota vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Minnesota, $76,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.8% — not 24.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.2%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-17.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $76,600
- p25
- $59,790
- p75
- $84,220
- p10
- $49,410
- p90
- $102,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.