Special Education Teacher, Secondary School Salary in Odessa, Texas

The annual salary statistics of secondary school special education teachers in Odessa, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of secondary school special education teachers in Odessa is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Secondary School Special Education Teachers in Odessa, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$50,870
25th Percentile Wage
$62,740
50th Percentile Wage
$62,740
75th Percentile Wage
$62,740
90th Percentile Wage
$62,740

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for secondary school special education teachers in Odessa, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $62,740. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $62,740. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $50,870.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of secondary school special education teachers from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth1-Year Growth
2022
$62,740
4.16% 4.16%
2021
$60,130
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Table 2. Compare Special Education Teacher, Secondary School Salary in Odessa with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $62,740 in Odessa is in the middle of salary range for secondary school special education teachers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of secondary school special education teachers in Odessa is 2.0 percent (2.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 24.6 percent (24.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Texarkana-Texarkana.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$63,990
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$63,320
Odessa
$62,740
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$62,310
Midland
$61,680
Amarillo
$61,540
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$60,700
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$60,110
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$59,790
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$59,700
Laredo
$59,500
Sherman-Denison
$59,250
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$59,160
Brownsville-Harlingen
$58,900
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$58,620
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$58,470
Waco
$57,670
Longview
$57,670
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$57,460
Tyler
$57,460
Corpus Christi
$57,420
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$56,860
Abilene
$54,510
El Paso
$54,020
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$51,050
College Station-Bryan
$50,610
Wichita Falls
$50,130
Lubbock
$49,920
San Angelo
$48,810
Texarkana-Texarkana
$47,320

See also: Top paying jobs in Odessa, Texas.