Highest-paying Cities for Kindergarten and Elementary School Special Education Teachers

The top 100 highest paying cities for kindergarten and elementary school special education teachers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of kindergarten and elementary school special education teachers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $95,090, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for kindergarten and elementary school special education teachers. It is followed by Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California (average annual salary $92,540). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of kindergarten and elementary school special education teachers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Kindergarten and Elementary School Special Education Teachers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$95,090	$29,120	900
2	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$92,540	$55,200	260
3	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$91,500	$44,080	3,660
4	Salinas, California	$90,980	$57,790	220
5	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$90,740	$61,320	1,000
6	Visalia-Porterville, California	$88,740	$49,400	160
7	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$86,660	$50,250	6,180
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$85,760	$57,010	1,450
9	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$85,710	$54,440	3,760
10	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$84,630	$60,400	2,740
11	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$83,700	$50,350	640
12	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$82,990	$49,290	170
13	Anchorage, Alaska	$82,880	$60,560	390
14	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$82,230	$55,490	1,400
15	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$82,230	$43,450	50
16	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$82,160	$57,260	190
17	Fresno, California	$81,760	$51,180	490
18	Salem, Oregon	$81,630	$58,910	190
19	El Centro, California	$81,490	$58,130	110
20	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$81,290	$52,050	970
21	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$80,920	$63,250	1,720
22	Yuba City, California	$80,860	$54,690	110
23	Modesto, California	$80,850	$57,900	230
24	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$80,840	$61,160	60
25	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$80,670	$59,950	19,830
26	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$80,640	$53,050	3,420
27	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$80,610	$53,390	140
28	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$80,170	$53,400	90
29	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$80,090	$44,220	1,280
30	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$79,950	$56,830	170
31	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$79,890	$60,570	120
32	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$79,600	$59,210	930
33	Bend, Oregon	$79,580	$58,280	60
34	Merced, California	$79,530	$58,530	130
35	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$79,170	$52,150	180
36	Kingston, New York	$79,090	$61,360	200
37	Billings, Montana	$79,060	$44,710	140
38	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$78,930	$58,200	170
39	New Haven, Connecticut	$78,800	$48,870	460
40	Columbus, Ohio	$78,670	$47,290	1,920
41	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$78,480	$38,790	190
42	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$78,270	$47,310	240
43	Bellingham, Washington	$78,190	$63,030	100
44	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$78,180	$67,960	240
45	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$77,980	$48,690	100
46	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$77,910	$53,240	100
47	Spokane, Washington	$77,790	$53,010	230
48	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$77,710	$44,510	170
49	Springfield, Massachusetts	$77,700	$51,520	1,170
50	Ithaca, New York	$77,610	$49,990	80
51	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$77,400	$56,280	160
52	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$77,310	$58,690	170
53	Corvallis, Oregon	$77,140	$60,120	30
54	Dayton, Ohio	$77,130	$39,510	370
55	Medford, Oregon	$77,030	$43,870	80
56	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	$76,700	$50,750	60
57	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$76,690	$53,800	110
58	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$76,680	$51,340	160
59	Worcester, Massachusetts	$76,670	$49,120	500
60	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$76,670	$49,490	4,750
61	Chico, California	$76,470	$52,560	120
62	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$76,420	$43,980	40
63	Grand Island, Nebraska	$76,360	$51,090	70
64	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$76,240	$50,260	4,390
65	Danbury, Connecticut	$76,220	$51,380	90
66	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$76,120	$47,850	1,150
67	Olympia, Washington	$75,860	$60,530	140
68	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$75,340	$46,800	130
69	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$75,260	$52,300	180
70	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$75,130	$49,860	140
71	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$75,040	$48,720	200
72	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$75,040	$40,860	2,060
73	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$74,700	$56,350	50
74	Winchester, West Virginia	$74,590	$45,450	170
75	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$74,380	$48,500	700
76	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$74,300	$58,140	460
77	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$74,270	$61,010	180
78	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$74,200	$59,010	370
79	Stockton, California	$74,160	$46,690	390
80	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina	$73,980	$43,280	120
81	Yakima, Washington	$73,920	$51,310	140
82	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$73,770	$47,510	210
83	Flint, Michigan	$73,580	$40,010	80
84	Peabody, Massachusetts	$73,310	$44,850	150
85	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$73,170	$46,190	3,580
86	Waterbury, Connecticut	$73,100	$44,390	40
87	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$72,900	$29,950	70
88	Redding, California	$72,820	$49,970	100
89	Jacksonville, Florida	$72,740	$43,800	310
90	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$72,630	$52,380	1,050
91	North and West Central New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$72,600	$41,280	50
92	Longview, Washington	$72,550	$49,930	50
93	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$71,920	$39,470	210
94	Fairbanks, Alaska	$71,880	$36,030	130
95	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$71,660	$36,870	100
96	State College, Pennsylvania	$71,570	$49,570	80
97	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$71,310	$46,140	230
98	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$71,310	$55,670	310
99	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$70,900	$43,760	2,320
100	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$70,480	$36,140	40

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