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Highest-paying States for All Other Special Education Teachers

The highest-paying states for all other 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 all other special education teachers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $121,860, New York is the highest paying state for all other special education teachers. It is followed by Oregon (average annual salary $84,280). 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 all other special education teachers in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for All Other Special Education Teachers (2022 Survey)

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	New York	$121,860	$58,350	3,750
2	Oregon	$84,280	$49,140	1,470
3	Delaware	$82,760	$57,270	50
4	Rhode Island	$81,250	$48,330	160
5	New Jersey	$79,950	$47,850	580
6	Virginia	$77,920	$33,760	1,860
7	Massachusetts	$77,750	$50,700	2,340
8	California	$76,740	$38,970	8,650
9	District of Columbia	$76,690	$59,840	170
10	Washington	$76,320	$63,330	110
11	Wisconsin	$72,790	$34,220	40
12	North Dakota	$69,950	$55,330	40
13	Michigan	$68,340	$47,690	1,300
14	Vermont	$64,200	$46,890	60
15	Iowa	$64,160	$25,180	390
16	Minnesota	$63,470	$47,440	230
17	Maryland	$63,270	$36,360	1,760
18	Nebraska	$63,250	$44,600	130
19	Nevada	$62,800	$40,920	390
20	Connecticut	$62,120	$38,380	1,160
21	Texas	$62,010	$48,500	5,980
22	Tennessee	$61,090	$45,390	270
23	Idaho	$61,080	$37,300	250
24	Missouri	$60,660	$36,530	70
25	Colorado	$60,520	$27,070	100
26	Illinois	$60,220	$39,520	1,760
27	Kentucky	$59,570	$45,970	360
28	Alaska	$58,280	$42,270	40
29	Florida	$58,050	$29,040	2,620
30	Louisiana	$57,960	$49,490	860
31	Pennsylvania	$57,760	$29,320	200
32	Georgia	$54,030	$36,760	2,580
33	South Carolina	$52,660	$33,650	200
34	New Mexico	$50,360	$40,470	670
35	Arizona	$50,190	$38,790	90
36	Alabama	$48,320	$37,880	70
37	Indiana	$48,100	$27,790	130
38	Ohio	$47,080	$32,120	630
39	North Carolina	$46,350	$30,810	70
40	Mississippi	$45,070	$27,980	120
41	New Hampshire	$43,960	$35,480	250
42	Oklahoma	$43,780	$29,070	60
43	Kansas	$42,310	$37,620	40
44	Arkansas	$42,180	$40,300	40
45	Hawaii	$32,460	$30,440	50
46	Utah	$29,660	$25,760	170
47	West Virginia	$28,760	$24,740	420
48	Puerto Rico	$28,500	$22,500	770
49	Montana	$19,140	$19,140	50

Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of all other special education teachers in those states is not available at this time.