State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Texas vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Texas, $64,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.4% — not 35.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.9%
Texas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-29.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $64,830
- p25
- $61,340
- p75
- $73,180
- p10
- $52,270
- p90
- $77,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.