Highest-paying Cities for Secondary School Special Education Teachers

The top 100 highest paying cities for secondary 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 secondary school special education teachers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $100,050, Nassau-Suffolk, New York is the highest paying city for secondary school special education teachers. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $99,420). 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 secondary school special education teachers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$100,050	$55,540	2,400
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$99,420	$65,520	120
3	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$89,970	$63,920	1,190
4	Danbury, Connecticut	$89,810	$57,520	120
5	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$88,400	$50,900	2,670
6	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$87,650	$55,400	400
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$87,070	$56,520	1,090
8	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$86,990	$60,560	710
9	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$84,530	$56,360	4,120
10	Kingston, New York	$84,440	$60,500	90
11	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$84,200	$51,190	50
12	Ocean City, New Jersey	$83,860	$58,090	70
13	Modesto, California	$83,770	$55,110	190
14	Fresno, California	$81,820	$46,520	160
15	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$81,410	$55,800	240
16	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$80,970	$52,770	100
17	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$80,960	$49,720	880
18	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$80,750	$54,360	16,410
19	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$80,210	$52,750	120
20	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$79,510	$40,860	40
21	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$79,470	$54,460	730
22	Stockton, California	$78,530	$45,490	220
23	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$78,450	$48,300	700
24	Jackson, Michigan	$78,410	$42,250	50
25	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$77,740	$52,240	330
26	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$77,720	$54,660	640
27	Yuba City, California	$77,130	$52,160	50
28	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$77,020	$47,490	90
29	Bloomington, Illinois	$76,520	$52,280	220
30	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$76,370	$40,880	400
31	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$76,170	$53,440	240
32	Peabody, Massachusetts	$76,140	$48,490	110
33	Springfield, Massachusetts	$75,550	$50,330	570
34	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$74,960	$47,590	100
35	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$74,910	$46,170	90
36	Waterbury, Connecticut	$74,510	$51,870	80
37	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$74,420	$36,270	560
38	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$74,400	$51,250	10,640
39	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$74,310	$44,970	3,110
40	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$73,820	$49,700	500
41	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$73,800	$44,960	3,780
42	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$73,480	$44,090	1,030
43	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$73,370	$35,070	550
44	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina	$73,360	$43,760	40
45	Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$72,830	$50,990	30
46	North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$72,750	$49,650	60
47	Northern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$72,720	$33,700	40
48	East Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$72,580	$48,550	110
49	Syracuse, New York	$72,330	$55,460	360
50	Salem, Oregon	$72,100	$52,420	40
51	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$71,830	$52,990	140
52	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$71,800	$54,090	1,590
53	Flint, Michigan	$71,530	$38,570	80
54	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$71,510	$54,440	140
55	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$71,350	$44,010	40
56	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$71,170	$51,570	1,750
57	Worcester, Massachusetts	$71,020	$44,590	430
58	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$70,880	$45,900	2,200
59	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$70,840	$54,740	50
60	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$70,790	$43,030	560
61	Camden, New Jersey	$70,780	$52,480	850
62	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$70,780	$44,500	1,470
63	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$70,690	$51,610	80
64	El Centro, California	$70,600	$45,570	n/a
65	Brunswick, Georgia	$70,600	$44,310	60
66	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$70,530	$52,290	210
67	Monroe, Michigan	$70,400	$37,670	50
68	Bend, Oregon	$70,360	$52,720	40
69	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$70,350	$50,800	170
70	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$70,220	$45,760	230
71	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$70,100	$49,970	3,430
72	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$69,950	$40,430	490
73	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$69,900	$43,660	2,400
74	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$69,870	$44,300	570
75	Watertown-Fort Drum, New York	$69,740	$43,910	110
76	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$69,740	$43,140	6,340
77	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$69,730	$40,200	90
78	Cumberland, West Virginia	$69,710	$46,690	n/a
79	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$69,500	$33,660	150
80	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$69,240	$45,700	570
81	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$69,080	$44,240	840
82	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$68,750	$43,780	160
83	Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan	$68,630	$43,130	50
84	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$68,220	$46,560	n/a
85	Laredo, Texas	$68,200	$52,320	210
86	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$68,170	$49,870	290
87	Corpus Christi, Texas	$68,050	$46,400	190
88	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$68,020	$54,080	40
89	Olympia, Washington	$67,880	$48,460	90
90	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$67,810	$49,930	40
91	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$67,810	$52,410	1,040
92	Tacoma, Washington	$67,610	$49,890	230
93	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$67,560	$40,300	120
94	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$67,490	$45,890	4,450
95	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$67,300	$45,150	1,170
96	Elmira, New York	$67,280	$52,110	60
97	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	$67,230	$53,130	60
98	Mansfield, Ohio	$67,040	$42,870	90
99	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$66,850	$44,230	690
100	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$66,830	$48,300	80

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for secondary school special education teachers.