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State comparison · 2025

Special Education Teachers salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington

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Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Pennsylvania, $77,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.5% — not 23.9%.

Nominal pay gap
-23.9%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-16.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Pennsylvania

Special Education Teachers

Median
$77,000
p25
$61,210
p75
$90,160
p10
$51,110
p90
$101,880
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
97.6
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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
See full breakdown for Washington

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.