State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Nebraska vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Nebraska, $63,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.5% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.2%
Nebraska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-25.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $63,460
- p25
- $60,470
- p75
- $75,820
- p10
- $47,970
- p90
- $77,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.