Highest-paying Cities for Middle School Special Education Teachers

The top 100 highest paying cities for middle 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 middle school special education teachers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $103,780, Nassau-Suffolk, New York is the highest paying city for middle school special education teachers. It is followed by Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts (average annual salary $97,070). 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 middle school special education teachers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Middle School Special Education Teachers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$103,780	$64,560	1,900
2	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$97,070	$51,120	70
3	Fargo, North Dakota	$88,120	$54,330	60
4	Ocean City, New Jersey	$86,980	$55,410	70
5	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$86,690	$56,600	80
6	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$85,910	$53,820	340
7	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$84,080	$51,350	1,920
8	Napa, California	$83,900	$65,880	40
9	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$83,780	$61,610	400
10	Danbury, Connecticut	$83,440	$64,240	40
11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$83,100	$52,680	1,560
12	Kingston, New York	$82,030	$60,790	130
13	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$81,770	$52,770	40
14	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$81,020	$56,830	90
15	Peabody, Massachusetts	$81,000	$51,280	100
16	New Haven, Connecticut	$80,870	$51,910	160
17	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$80,590	$60,710	430
18	Anchorage, Alaska	$80,470	$58,460	90
19	Grand Island, Nebraska	$80,290	$53,890	40
20	Salinas, California	$80,290	$57,430	n/a
21	Visalia-Porterville, California	$79,730	$58,000	60
22	Johnstown, Pennsylvania	$79,610	$49,870	60
23	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$79,350	$45,430	2,900
24	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$79,160	$54,100	420
25	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$78,950	$53,430	80
26	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$78,910	$51,430	80
27	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$78,270	$52,650	250
28	Salisbury, Maryland	$78,020	$59,590	110
29	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$77,310	$53,180	240
30	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$77,270	$54,500	13,160
31	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$77,030	$34,570	n/a
32	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$76,570	$56,620	230
33	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$76,560	$42,340	90
34	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$76,400	$53,620	310
35	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$75,710	$52,900	330
36	Modesto, California	$75,370	$61,450	120
37	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$75,160	$51,570	80
38	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$74,320	$46,040	1,720
39	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$73,790	$43,940	220
40	Sherman-Denison, Texas	$73,430	$46,280	30
41	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$72,760	$47,510	1,910
42	Worcester, Massachusetts	$72,600	$51,110	260
43	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$72,480	$43,160	2,700
44	Utica-Rome, New York	$72,110	$44,950	190
45	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$71,950	$47,820	60
46	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$71,750	$50,340	220
47	Wilmington, New Jersey	$71,650	$48,120	150
48	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$71,120	$47,920	50
49	Merced, California	$71,000	$51,940	40
50	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$70,840	$51,500	n/a
51	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$70,750	$46,190	610
52	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$70,710	$49,780	380
53	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$70,690	$52,630	80
54	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$70,580	$40,410	n/a
55	Waterbury, Connecticut	$70,310	$48,670	60
56	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$70,260	$32,630	40
57	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$70,210	$50,950	8,000
58	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$70,070	$40,650	110
59	North and West Central New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$69,940	$42,120	30
60	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$69,860	$51,190	130
61	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$69,780	$51,190	30
62	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$69,510	$53,910	n/a
63	Glens Falls, New York	$69,450	$49,260	50
64	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$69,400	$48,430	400
65	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$69,330	$44,420	1,260
66	Chico, California	$69,220	$44,640	n/a
67	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$69,040	$43,410	210
68	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$69,000	$38,970	30
69	Bellingham, Washington	$68,950	$54,680	50
70	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$68,820	$43,900	40
71	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$68,750	$43,830	210
72	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$68,680	$45,890	80
73	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$68,430	$53,630	50
74	Corpus Christi, Texas	$68,390	$46,740	130
75	Eastern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$68,320	$44,900	40
76	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$68,180	$46,850	600
77	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$67,920	$41,880	1,250
78	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina	$67,810	$38,530	110
79	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$67,450	$46,340	1,940
80	North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$67,330	$47,030	70
81	Flint, Michigan	$67,310	$50,070	30
82	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$67,280	$53,850	120
83	Elmira, New York	$67,190	$47,760	30
84	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$66,700	$49,600	2,430
85	Columbus, Ohio	$66,590	$41,190	740
86	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	$66,330	$49,490	n/a
87	Salem, Oregon	$66,330	$47,510	120
88	Syracuse, New York	$66,250	$46,250	240
89	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$66,210	$50,730	590
90	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$66,170	$36,120	120
91	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$65,990	$44,420	110
92	El Centro, California	$65,800	$51,350	40
93	Tacoma, Washington	$65,740	$46,400	160
94	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$65,470	$52,710	1,850
95	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$65,440	$45,260	590
96	Fresno, California	$65,400	$41,020	270
97	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$65,390	$41,540	280
98	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$65,300	$46,120	60
99	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$65,190	$52,700	110
100	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$64,840	$45,220	50

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