State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: New Mexico vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In New Mexico, $76,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.7% — not 23.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.9%
New Mexico vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $76,940
- p25
- $64,100
- p75
- $81,480
- p10
- $60,190
- p90
- $90,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.