State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Oregon vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Oregon, $77,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.8% — not 23.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.5%
Oregon vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-20.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oregon
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $77,400
- p25
- $59,910
- p75
- $91,380
- p10
- $49,810
- p90
- $98,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.