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Middle School Special Education Teacher Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California

The annual salary statistics of middle school special education teachers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of middle school special education teachers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Middle School Special Education Teachers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$46,340
25th Percentile Wage
$56,770
50th Percentile Wage
$67,450
75th Percentile Wage
$76,010
90th Percentile Wage
$88,320

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for middle school special education teachers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $88,320. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $67,450. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $46,340.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of middle school special education teachers from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$67,450
1.57% 5.41%
2013
$66,390
3.90% -
2012
$63,800
- -

Table 2. Compare Middle School Special Education Teacher Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $67,450 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is in the middle of salary range for middle school special education teachers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of middle school special education teachers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is 22.2 percent (22.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura and 50.1 percent (50.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$86,690
Napa
$83,900
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$83,100
Bakersfield-Delano
$81,020
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$80,590
Salinas
$80,290
Visalia-Porterville
$79,730
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$76,570
Modesto
$75,370
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$74,320
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$73,790
Merced
$71,000
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$70,840
Vallejo-Fairfield
$70,690
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$70,580
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$69,860
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$69,510
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$69,400
Chico
$69,220
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$68,180
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$67,450
El Centro
$65,800
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$65,440
Fresno
$65,400
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$64,820
Stockton
$64,640
Redding
$64,030
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$63,290
Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$62,760
North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$56,780
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$33,660