State comparison · 2025
Special Education Teachers salary: Washington vs Wisconsin
Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Wisconsin, $63,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40% — not 59.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.2%
Washington vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+40%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Wisconsin
Special Education Teachers
- Median
- $63,520
- p25
- $58,450
- p75
- $77,100
- p10
- $48,870
- p90
- $83,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.