The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $83,650, California is the highest paying state for secondary school special education teachers. It is followed by Oregon (average annual salary $79,600). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | $83,650 |
$50,450 | 10,520 |
| 2 | Oregon | $79,600 |
$52,450 | 780 |
| 3 | New York | $77,400 |
$50,060 | 17,420 |
| 4 | Connecticut | $77,350 |
$45,800 | 1,660 |
| 5 | Alaska | $76,220 |
$55,180 | 430 |
| 6 | Rhode Island | $75,350 |
$53,330 | 310 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | $74,110 |
$45,310 | 4,630 |
| 8 | New Jersey | $73,820 |
$53,690 | 6,290 |
| 9 | District of Columbia | $71,550 |
$46,350 | 490 |
| 10 | Maryland | $69,510 |
$42,860 | 2,150 |
| 11 | Washington | $66,440 |
$48,520 | 2,120 |
| 12 | Illinois | $64,850 |
$42,040 | 8,440 |
| 13 | Delaware | $63,360 |
$44,850 | 270 |
| 14 | Michigan | $63,180 |
$41,370 | 1,830 |
| 15 | New Hampshire | $62,110 |
$41,570 | 680 |
| 16 | Minnesota | $61,920 |
$38,360 | 4,910 |
| 17 | Vermont | $61,780 |
$39,680 | 460 |
| 18 | Pennsylvania | $61,250 |
$41,490 | 8,510 |
| 19 | Wyoming | $59,790 |
$43,720 | 370 |
| 20 | Nevada | $59,050 |
$44,770 | 630 |
| 21 | Ohio | $58,990 |
$38,780 | 6,350 |
| 22 | Nebraska | $58,820 |
$41,410 | 1,010 |
| 23 | Texas | $57,960 |
$43,360 | 12,970 |
| 24 | Virginia | $57,770 |
$42,170 | 4,110 |
| 25 | Hawaii | $57,680 |
$38,630 | 180 |
| 26 | Georgia | $57,670 |
$41,090 | 3,410 |
| 27 | North Dakota | $56,720 |
$43,080 | 350 |
| 28 | Iowa | $56,570 |
$41,300 | 1,080 |
| 29 | Kentucky | $54,930 |
$41,280 | 2,280 |
| 30 | South Carolina | $54,610 |
$36,230 | 1,480 |
| 31 | New Mexico | $53,670 |
$35,380 | 760 |
| 32 | Tennessee | $52,780 |
$38,860 | 3,360 |
| 33 | Colorado | $52,700 |
$39,410 | 2,290 |
| 34 | Kansas | $52,660 |
$38,650 | 880 |
| 35 | Wisconsin | $52,440 |
$36,330 | 1,350 |
| 36 | Louisiana | $51,750 |
$41,480 | 2,850 |
| 37 | Florida | $51,610 |
$40,940 | 4,660 |
| 38 | Indiana | $51,480 |
$33,240 | 1,960 |
| 39 | Maine | $51,480 |
$34,890 | 850 |
| 40 | Idaho | $51,070 |
$37,390 | 560 |
| 41 | Arkansas | $50,880 |
$36,760 | 1,290 |
| 42 | Montana | $49,550 |
$31,660 | 400 |
| 43 | Alabama | $48,970 |
$28,790 | 450 |
| 44 | North Carolina | $48,070 |
$35,450 | 4,350 |
| 45 | Arizona | $47,990 |
$34,590 | 2,390 |
| 46 | Mississippi | $47,670 |
$35,480 | 1,230 |
| 47 | Missouri | $45,420 |
$33,390 | 2,890 |
| 48 | West Virginia | $44,500 |
$28,460 | 910 |
| 49 | Oklahoma | $43,560 |
$33,280 | 1,220 |
| 50 | South Dakota | $42,410 |
$33,050 | 470 |
| 51 | Utah | $41,080 |
$23,950 | 1,170 |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | $30,350 |
$25,740 | 1,070 |