State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Virginia vs Washington
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Virginia, $68,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.4% — not 32.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.4%
Virginia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-28.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Virginia
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $68,400
- p25
- $59,900
- p75
- $85,000
- p10
- $50,510
- p90
- $109,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +900%
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.