State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: North Carolina vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In North Carolina, $56,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.3% — not 43.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.9%
North Carolina vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-36.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $56,770
- p25
- $47,450
- p75
- $61,100
- p10
- $45,200
- p90
- $70,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.