Special Education Teachers, Middle School · SOC 25-2057

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Special Education Teachers, Middle Schools

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for special education teachers, middle school. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 242 metro areas

Special Education Teachers, Middle School: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$121,070	360	0.3
2	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$110,850	350	0.3
3	Fresno, CA	$104,540	80	0.2
4	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$104,450	50	0.5
5	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$103,880	70	0.5
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$103,580	Not published	Not published
7	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$101,560	2,030	0.3
8	Bellingham, WA	$101,120	50	0.6
9	Salinas, CA	$100,840	40	0.2
10	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$100,350	720	0.3
11	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$99,190	520	0.3
12	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$97,980	490	1.8
13	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$97,360	390	1.0
14	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$97,000	Not published	Not published
15	Modesto, CA	$96,500	Not published	Not published
16	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$96,210	220	0.3
17	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$94,740	8,330	0.9
18	Kingston, NY	$94,290	60	1.1
19	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$92,900	400	0.7
20	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$92,130	670	0.9
21	Barnstable Town, MA	$91,630	100	1.0
22	Pittsfield, MA	$88,190	50	0.8
23	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$87,160	260	0.2
24	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$85,190	80	0.6
25	Salisbury, MD	$83,850	60	1.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Special Education Teachers, Middle School overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.