State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Mississippi, $51,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.8% — not 48.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-48.6%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-36.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $51,970
- p25
- $47,930
- p75
- $60,070
- p10
- $46,720
- p90
- $62,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.