State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Nevada vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Nevada, $60,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.7% — not 39.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.9%
Nevada vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-35.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nevada
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $60,810
- p25
- $54,380
- p75
- $78,990
- p10
- $39,720
- p90
- $84,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.