Special Education Teachers, Middle School Salary

Median Salary
$66,810
per year
Employment
95,200
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$49,420
25th percentile
$60,000
Median
$66,810
75th percentile
$82,800
90th percentile
$102,510

💰 Special Education Teachers, Middle School Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
California$101,530+52.0%
Washington$99,520+49.0%
Rhode Island$93,970+40.7%
New York$93,820+40.4%
Connecticut$92,900+39.1%
Massachusetts$84,550+26.6%
Alaska$81,000+21.2%
District of Columbia$79,170+18.5%
New Jersey$79,110+18.4%
Utah$78,920+18.1%
Oregon$78,360+17.3%
Delaware$77,420+15.9%
Pennsylvania$77,040+15.3%
Maryland$76,410+14.4%
Michigan$76,040+13.8%
Illinois$74,730+11.9%
Ohio$74,590+11.6%
New Mexico$74,440+11.4%
Vermont$73,110+9.4%
Georgia$70,550+5.6%
New Hampshire$66,760-0.1%
Colorado$66,130-1.0%
Wisconsin$65,840-1.5%
Montana$63,960-4.3%
Virginia$63,820-4.5%
Minnesota$63,630-4.8%
Iowa$63,590-4.8%
Nebraska$63,460-5.0%
Maine$63,440-5.0%
Texas$63,360-5.2%
Nevada$63,280-5.3%
Alabama$62,850-5.9%
Wyoming$62,770-6.0%
South Carolina$62,310-6.7%
Arizona$62,130-7.0%
Hawaii$61,750-7.6%
Florida$60,440-9.5%
Kentucky$60,200-9.9%
Idaho$60,170-9.9%
Tennessee$60,000-10.2%
Kansas$59,780-10.5%
Louisiana$59,420-11.1%
North Carolina$59,360-11.2%
Indiana$58,900-11.8%
North Dakota$57,680-13.7%
Arkansas$56,830-14.9%
West Virginia$56,440-15.5%
South Dakota$51,360-23.1%
Mississippi$50,750-24.0%
Oklahoma$50,450-24.5%
Missouri$50,370-24.6%

🏙️ Special Education Teachers, Middle School Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$121,070+81.2%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$110,850+65.9%
Fresno, CA$104,540+56.5%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$104,450+56.3%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$103,880+55.5%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$103,580+55.0%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$101,560+52.0%
Bellingham, WA$101,120+51.4%
Salinas, CA$100,840+50.9%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$100,350+50.2%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$99,190+48.5%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$97,980+46.7%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$97,360+45.7%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$97,000+45.2%
Modesto, CA$96,500+44.4%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$96,210+44.0%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$94,740+41.8%
Kingston, NY$94,290+41.1%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$92,900+39.1%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$92,130+37.9%
Barnstable Town, MA$91,630+37.2%
Pittsfield, MA$88,190+32.0%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$87,160+30.5%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$85,190+27.5%
Salisbury, MD$83,850+25.5%
Worcester, MA$83,810+25.4%
Yakima, WA$83,610+25.1%
Bend, OR$83,110+24.4%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$82,320+23.2%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$82,290+23.2%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$81,800+22.4%
Ann Arbor, MI$81,710+22.3%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$81,620+22.2%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$81,570+22.1%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$81,350+21.8%
Springfield, MA$81,270+21.6%
Anchorage, AK$81,140+21.4%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$81,040+21.3%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$80,970+21.2%
Boulder, CO$80,960+21.2%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$80,730+20.8%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$80,510+20.5%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$80,210+20.1%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$79,920+19.6%
Cleveland, OH$79,890+19.6%
Madison, WI$79,710+19.3%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$79,310+18.7%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$78,860+18.0%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$78,720+17.8%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$78,560+17.6%
Lancaster, PA$78,560+17.6%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$78,290+17.2%
Portland-South Portland, ME$78,160+17.0%
New Haven, CT$78,040+16.8%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$77,840+16.5%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$77,750+16.4%
Flint, MI$77,620+16.2%
Battle Creek, MI$77,460+15.9%
Salem, OR$77,390+15.8%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$77,140+15.5%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$77,050+15.3%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$76,660+14.7%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$76,620+14.7%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$76,600+14.7%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$76,400+14.4%
Syracuse, NY$75,920+13.6%
Ithaca, NY$75,860+13.5%
Albuquerque, NM$75,800+13.5%
Utica-Rome, NY$75,780+13.4%
Rockford, IL$75,540+13.1%
Chambersburg, PA$75,390+12.8%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$75,230+12.6%
Pittsburgh, PA$74,910+12.1%
Springfield, IL$74,590+11.6%
Albany, OR$74,070+10.9%
Omaha, NE-IA$73,870+10.6%
Duluth, MN-WI$73,630+10.2%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$73,630+10.2%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$73,410+9.9%
Vineland, NJ$73,120+9.4%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$73,110+9.4%
Mansfield, OH$72,830+9.0%
Las Cruces, NM$72,810+9.0%
Springfield, OH$72,750+8.9%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$72,530+8.6%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$71,830+7.5%
Green Bay, WI$71,400+6.9%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$70,780+5.9%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$70,690+5.8%
Binghamton, NY$68,910+3.1%
Odessa, TX$67,910+1.6%
Saginaw, MI$67,740+1.4%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$66,860+0.1%
Monroe, MI$66,650-0.2%
Eau Claire, WI$66,430-0.6%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$65,970-1.3%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$65,870-1.4%
Pueblo, CO$65,830-1.5%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$65,810-1.5%
Midland, TX$65,130-2.5%
St. Cloud, MN$64,540-3.4%
Glens Falls, NY$64,480-3.5%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$64,410-3.6%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$64,210-3.9%
Ogden, UT$64,210-3.9%
Cedar Rapids, IA$64,100-4.1%
El Paso, TX$64,100-4.1%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$64,090-4.1%
Bloomington, IL$64,060-4.1%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$63,970-4.3%
Billings, MT$63,960-4.3%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$63,890-4.4%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$63,880-4.4%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$63,790-4.5%
Savannah, GA$63,730-4.6%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$63,660-4.7%
Decatur, IL$63,520-4.9%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$63,500-5.0%
Grand Junction, CO$63,480-5.0%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$63,370-5.1%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$63,340-5.2%
Reno, NV$63,280-5.3%
Greeley, CO$63,160-5.5%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$63,110-5.5%
Rochester, NY$63,040-5.6%
Lincoln, NE$62,920-5.8%
Iowa City, IA$62,860-5.9%
Knoxville, TN$62,860-5.9%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$62,820-6.0%
Gainesville, GA$62,730-6.1%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$62,720-6.1%
Toledo, OH$62,670-6.2%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$62,540-6.4%
York-Hanover, PA$62,530-6.4%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$62,360-6.7%
Sherman-Denison, TX$62,350-6.7%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$62,250-6.8%
Fond du Lac, WI$62,200-6.9%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$62,140-7.0%
Owensboro, KY$62,030-7.2%
Amarillo, TX$61,980-7.2%
Sheboygan, WI$61,860-7.4%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$61,780-7.5%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$61,530-7.9%
Elizabethtown, KY$61,460-8.0%
Cheyenne, WY$61,420-8.1%
Columbus, OH$61,420-8.1%
Spartanburg, SC$61,400-8.1%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$61,380-8.1%
Colorado Springs, CO$61,340-8.2%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$61,320-8.2%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$61,300-8.2%
Canton-Massillon, OH$61,280-8.3%
Peoria, IL$61,260-8.3%
Wichita Falls, TX$61,250-8.3%
Killeen-Temple, TX$61,200-8.4%
Charlottesville, VA$61,130-8.5%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$61,120-8.5%
Tyler, TX$61,070-8.6%
Kenosha, WI$61,010-8.7%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$60,930-8.8%
Lynchburg, VA$60,880-8.9%
Aguadilla, PR$60,860-8.9%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$60,860-8.9%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$60,780-9.0%
Lawton, OK$60,770-9.0%
Boise City, ID$60,730-9.1%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$60,720-9.1%
Ponce, PR$60,710-9.1%
Topeka, KS$60,700-9.1%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$60,670-9.2%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$60,590-9.3%
Richmond, VA$60,560-9.4%
Kansas City, MO-KS$60,550-9.4%
Birmingham, AL$60,510-9.4%
Waco, TX$60,460-9.5%
Corpus Christi, TX$60,430-9.5%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$60,430-9.5%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$60,430-9.5%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$60,430-9.5%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$60,380-9.6%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$60,360-9.7%
Bowling Green, KY$60,350-9.7%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$60,230-9.8%
College Station-Bryan, TX$60,190-9.9%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$60,090-10.1%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$59,980-10.2%
Baton Rouge, LA$59,760-10.6%
Akron, OH$59,690-10.7%
Springfield, MO$59,670-10.7%
Evansville, IN$59,310-11.2%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$59,280-11.3%
Wichita, KS$59,160-11.5%
Asheville, NC$59,090-11.6%
Erie, PA$59,070-11.6%
Paducah, KY-IL$59,040-11.6%
Burlington, NC$58,970-11.7%
Columbia, SC$58,900-11.8%
St. Louis, MO-IL$58,850-11.9%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$58,600-12.3%
Fort Wayne, IN$58,580-12.3%
Puerto Rico$58,270-12.8%
Mayaguez, PR$58,170-12.9%
Tucson, AZ$58,170-12.9%
Mobile, AL$58,150-13.0%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$58,150-13.0%
Oklahoma City, OK$58,120-13.0%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$58,090-13.1%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$58,040-13.1%
Roanoke, VA$57,990-13.2%
Wheeling, WV-OH$57,900-13.3%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$57,880-13.4%
Abilene, TX$57,720-13.6%
Fargo, ND-MN$57,680-13.7%
Kankakee, IL$57,620-13.8%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$57,270-14.3%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$57,040-14.6%
Manhattan, KS$56,890-14.8%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$56,790-15.0%
Jackson, TN$56,450-15.5%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$56,430-15.5%
Longview, TX$55,100-17.5%
Montgomery, AL$53,700-19.6%
Rapid City, SD$52,990-20.7%
Lake Charles, LA$52,100-22.0%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$51,800-22.5%
Jonesboro, AR$51,800-22.5%
Port St. Lucie, FL$51,540-22.9%
Jackson, MS$51,470-23.0%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$51,060-23.6%
Lubbock, TX$50,890-23.8%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$50,780-24.0%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$50,750-24.0%
Texarkana, TX-AR$50,600-24.3%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$50,520-24.4%
Hattiesburg, MS$49,770-25.5%
Tulsa, OK$49,590-25.8%
Wilmington, NC$49,110-26.5%
Winston-Salem, NC$48,850-26.9%
Joplin, MO-KS$48,720-27.1%
Columbia, MO$48,480-27.4%
Lafayette, LA$48,480-27.4%
Jefferson City, MO$46,480-30.4%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.