Pay distribution $68,220 10th $84,050 25th $127,480 75th $132,290 90th
Half of Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School in the San Jose metro area earn more than $98,640 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $84,050 and $127,480.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $68,220 $84,050 $98,640 $127,480 $132,290
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 San Jose metro areathis metro area
$98,640 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $84,050 to $127,480
$97,170 median for California; middle half earns $76,700 to $108,320
$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 +2% vs California overall and +51% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $44,420 $64,710 $85,000 $105,290 Missoula, MT — $44,420 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $45,600 Columbia, MO — $46,120 Jefferson City, MO — $46,230 Fargo, ND-MN — $47,070 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $47,300 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $47,420 Logan, UT-ID — $47,560 Lafayette, LA — $47,710 Hattiesburg, MS — $47,790 Rocky Mount, NC — $47,910 Clarksville, TN-KY — $48,440 Yuma, AZ — $48,680 Morgantown, WV — $48,690 Alexandria, LA — $48,710 Enid, OK — $48,890 Lawrence, KS — $48,930 Springfield, MO — $48,970 Asheville, NC — $49,030 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $49,050 Paducah, KY-IL — $49,110 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $49,120 Wilmington, NC — $49,170 Joplin, MO-KS — $49,210 Charleston, WV — $49,240 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $50,270 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $50,400 Goldsboro, NC — $50,420 San Angelo, TX — $50,600 Tucson, AZ — $50,660 Tulsa, OK — $50,720 Jackson, MS — $50,770 Evansville, IN — $51,120 Texarkana, TX-AR — $51,130 Terre Haute, IN — $51,320 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $51,490 Lake Charles, LA — $51,630 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $52,290 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $52,360 Jackson, TN — $52,370 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $53,250 Jacksonville, NC — $53,660 Monroe, LA — $53,820 Burlington, NC — $53,920 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $54,350 Jonesboro, AR — $54,760 Port St. Lucie, FL — $55,220 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $55,380 Winston-Salem, NC — $55,750 Fayetteville, NC — $55,820 Greenville, NC — $55,970 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $56,040 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $56,230 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $56,410 Oklahoma City, OK — $56,790 Muncie, IN — $56,900 Bloomington, IN — $57,230 Mayaguez, PR — $57,490 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $57,520 Bangor, ME — $57,570 Tyler, TX — $57,610 Lawton, OK — $57,630 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $57,660 Victoria, TX — $57,720 Lynchburg, VA — $57,940 College Station-Bryan, TX — $58,040 Abilene, TX — $58,080 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $58,090 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $58,260 Longview, TX — $58,650 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $58,810 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $58,810 Lubbock, TX — $58,820 Manhattan, KS — $58,860 Bismarck, ND — $58,880 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $58,930 Hot Springs, AR — $58,950 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $58,960 Fort Wayne, IN — $59,000 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $59,110 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $59,130 Cleveland, TN — $59,220 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $59,220 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $59,280 Aguadilla, PR — $59,310 Wichita, KS — $59,350 Dalton, GA — $59,440 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $59,460 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $59,500 Decatur, AL — $59,650 Midland, TX — $59,650 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $59,660 Savannah, GA — $59,660 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $59,670 Arecibo, PR — $59,690 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $59,710 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $59,780 Wichita Falls, TX — $59,790 Kansas City, MO-KS — $59,970 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $60,000 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $60,000 Fond du Lac, WI — $60,060 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $60,110 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $60,150 Wausau, WI — $60,150 Cedar Rapids, IA — $60,160 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $60,220 Topeka, KS — $60,240 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $60,300 Baton Rouge, LA — $60,310 Appleton, WI — $60,330 Amarillo, TX — $60,340 Knoxville, TN — $60,390 Sherman-Denison, TX — $60,390 Ponce, PR — $60,430 Corpus Christi, TX — $60,440 Dubuque, IA — $60,470 Dover, DE — $60,520 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $60,570 Waco, TX — $60,580 St. George, UT — $60,590 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $60,610 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $60,670 Columbus, GA-AL — $60,680 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $60,750 Owensboro, KY — $60,760 Rochester, NY — $60,760 Minot, ND — $60,780 Sheboygan, WI — $60,790 Cheyenne, WY — $60,800 Rapid City, SD — $60,800 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $60,860 Colorado Springs, CO — $60,900 Elizabethtown, KY — $60,910 Johnstown, PA — $60,980 Jacksonville, FL — $60,990 Mankato, MN — $61,010 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $61,030 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $61,050 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $61,100 Erie, PA — $61,160 Green Bay, WI — $61,170 Valdosta, GA — $61,170 Peoria, IL — $61,200 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $61,240 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $61,350 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $61,420 Kankakee, IL — $61,420 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $61,440 Iowa City, IA — $61,440 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $61,450 Guayama, PR — $61,490 Bowling Green, KY — $61,500 Charlottesville, VA — $61,590 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $61,610 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $61,680 Laredo, TX — $61,780 Williamsport, PA — $61,830 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $61,850 Kenosha, WI — $61,880 Ithaca, NY — $61,910 Lincoln, NE — $61,930 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $61,940 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $62,020 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $62,110 Florence, SC — $62,180 Killeen-Temple, TX — $62,190 Wheeling, WV-OH — $62,200 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $62,230 Traverse City, MI — $62,230 Tuscaloosa, AL — $62,230 Richmond, VA — $62,310 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $62,320 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $62,340 Spartanburg, SC — $62,340 Huntsville, AL — $62,350 Reno, NV — $62,370 Altoona, PA — $62,430 Ogden, UT — $62,440 Johnson City, TN — $62,560 Monroe, MI — $62,580 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $62,600 State College, PA — $62,730 Glens Falls, NY — $62,920 Omaha, NE-IA — $62,970 Billings, MT — $63,000 Pueblo, CO — $63,010 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $63,140 Greeley, CO — $63,150 Roanoke, VA — $63,160 St. Louis, MO-IL — $63,190 Pittsburgh, PA — $63,200 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $63,220 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $63,220 Columbia, SC — $63,270 Elmira, NY — $63,370 Mansfield, OH — $63,400 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $63,430 Ames, IA — $63,480 Boise City, ID — $63,480 Albany, OR — $63,510 Idaho Falls, ID — $63,590 Twin Falls, ID — $63,600 Gainesville, GA — $63,650 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $63,750 Mobile, AL — $63,850 El Paso, TX — $64,000 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $64,010 Lima, OH — $64,020 Grand Island, NE — $64,080 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $64,220 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $64,230 Bloomington, IL — $64,250 Madison, WI — $64,270 Salisbury, MD — $64,270 Utica-Rome, NY — $64,280 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $64,430 Pittsfield, MA — $64,460 Grand Junction, CO — $64,540 Toledo, OH — $64,580 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $64,640 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $64,640 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $64,750 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $64,830 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $65,080 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $65,170 Decatur, IL — $65,390 Rochester, MN — $65,620 Flint, MI — $65,860 Niles, MI — $65,970 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $66,000 Binghamton, NY — $66,300 Duluth, MN-WI — $66,420 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $66,500 Ann Arbor, MI — $66,710 Eau Claire, WI — $66,960 Chambersburg, PA — $67,510 Hinesville, GA — $67,650 Vineland, NJ — $70,120 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $70,780 Montgomery, AL — $70,790 St. Cloud, MN — $70,790 Medford, OR — $70,910 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $71,570 Warner Robins, GA — $72,080 Canton-Massillon, OH — $72,440 Jackson, MI — $72,910 Rockford, IL — $72,910 Battle Creek, MI — $73,380 Cleveland, OH — $73,630 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $74,290 Las Cruces, NM — $74,470 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $74,860 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $75,080 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $75,190 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $75,240 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $75,250 Portland-South Portland, ME — $75,340 Syracuse, NY — $75,690 Columbus, OH — $75,710 Farmington, NM — $75,830 York-Hanover, PA — $76,120 Lexington Park, MD — $76,190 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $76,320 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $76,450 Springfield, OH — $76,580 Akron, OH — $76,760 Harrisonburg, VA — $76,940 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $77,210 Reading, PA — $77,230 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $77,240 Saginaw, MI — $77,430 Springfield, IL — $77,430 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $77,460 Corvallis, OR — $77,700 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $77,740 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $77,840 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $77,930 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $77,960 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $78,330 Lancaster, PA — $78,470 Albuquerque, NM — $78,670 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $78,980 New Haven, CT — $79,150 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $79,220 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $79,310 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $79,690 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $79,760 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $79,880 Springfield, MA — $79,970 Salem, OR — $80,110 Modesto, CA — $80,570 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $80,730 Longview-Kelso, WA — $80,800 Boulder, CO — $80,920 Bend, OR — $81,050 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $81,140 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $81,150 Barnstable Town, MA — $81,250 Worcester, MA — $81,330 Kingston, NY — $81,540 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $81,750 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $81,910 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $82,180 Santa Fe, NM — $82,590 Yakima, WA — $82,790 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $83,140 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $84,730 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $85,000 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $85,330 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $87,550 Chico, CA — $91,510 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $91,610 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $91,840 Redding, CA — $92,820 Napa, CA — $92,970 Yuba City, CA — $94,260 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $95,040 Bellingham, WA — $95,610 Fresno, CA — $95,950 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $96,290 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $96,970 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $97,260 Merced, CA — $97,340 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $97,410 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $97,860 Vallejo, CA — $98,260 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $98,330 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $98,640 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $98,940 El Centro, CA — $99,020 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $99,840 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $100,150 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $104,810 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $105,290 San Jose metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The San Jose metro area has the 7th-highest published median for this occupation among the 335 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in California 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.
San Jose metro areathis page
$98,640 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $84,050 to $127,480
$105,290 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $78,330 to $123,590
$104,810 median for Oxnard metro area; middle half earns $79,430 to $129,860
$99,020 median for El Centro metro area; middle half earns $80,910 to $133,060
$98,940 median for Santa Maria metro area; middle half earns $93,780 to $118,370
$98,330 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $76,030 to $107,120
$98,260 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $73,820 to $112,860
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:
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education $102,860 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary $49,010 Self-Enrichment Teachers $58,330 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education $108,230 Substitute Teachers, Short-Term $72,330 Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education $51,190 Highest-paying metro areas for special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary schools · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose Metro
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 .