State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
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
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.