State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Rhode Island, $92,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.8% — not 8%.
Nominal pay gap
-8%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-3.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $92,990
- p25
- $68,930
- p75
- $96,930
- p10
- $46,580
- p90
- $99,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.