State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Missouri vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Missouri, $55,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.8% — not 44.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-44.7%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-34.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $55,920
- p25
- $46,920
- p75
- $62,450
- p10
- $43,010
- p90
- $76,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.