State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Tennessee, $61,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.3% — not 39.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.3%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-29.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $61,360
- p25
- $52,540
- p75
- $65,770
- p10
- $50,190
- p90
- $77,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.