State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: South Carolina vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In South Carolina, $62,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.8% — not 38.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.5%
South Carolina vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-29.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Carolina
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $62,150
- p25
- $58,430
- p75
- $75,560
- p10
- $49,330
- p90
- $83,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +180%
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.