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State comparison · 2025

Special Education Teachers salary: Washington vs Wyoming

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Special Education Teachers in Washington earn a median of $101,120. In Wyoming, $62,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.6% — not 61.1%.

Nominal pay gap
+61.1%
Washington vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+39.6%
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
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Wyoming

Special Education Teachers

Median
$62,750
p25
$59,810
p75
$74,870
p10
$52,440
p90
$77,900
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
92.7
See full breakdown for Wyoming

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.