Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School · SOC 25-2052
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School Salary in the Michigan
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Michigan
Figures describe the state of Michigan as a whole.
BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School in the Michigan earned a median of $74,600 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $48,720 at the 10th percentile to $100,370 at the 90th. BLS estimates 4,010 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School in the Michigan earn more than $74,600 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $58,880 and $88,170.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $48,720 | $58,880 | $74,600 | $88,170 | $100,370 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Michigan$74,600 median for Michigan; middle half earns $58,880 to $88,170
- United Statesnational$65,120 median for United States; middle half earns $59,710 to $80,280
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Michigan
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Michiganthis page$74,600 median for Michigan; middle half earns $58,880 to $88,170
- $78,980 median for Detroit metro area; middle half earns $61,910 to $98,270
- $77,430 median for Saginaw metro area; middle half earns $59,040 to $77,430
- $75,080 median for Lansing metro area; middle half earns $60,130 to $84,560
- $73,380 median for Battle Creek metro area; middle half earns $58,080 to $78,420
- $72,910 median for Jackson metro area; middle half earns $58,420 to $81,900
- $66,710 median for Ann Arbor metro area; middle half earns $58,740 to $93,400
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary schools · Highest-paying occupations in Michigan
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.