Special Education Teachers, Middle School · SOC 25-2057
Special Education Teachers, Middle School Salary in the Missouri
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Missouri
Figures describe the state of Missouri as a whole.
BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).
Special Education Teachers, Middle School in the Missouri earned a median of $50,370 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $39,990 at the 10th percentile to $81,110 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,050 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Special Education Teachers, Middle School in the Missouri earn more than $50,370 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $46,390 and $59,920.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $39,990 | $46,390 | $50,370 | $59,920 | $81,110 |
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
- Missouri$50,370 median for Missouri; middle half earns $46,390 to $59,920
- United Statesnational$66,810 median for United States; middle half earns $60,000 to $82,800
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −25% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Missouri
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for special education teachers, middle school, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Missourithis page$50,370 median for Missouri; middle half earns $46,390 to $59,920
- $60,550 median for Kansas City metro area; middle half earns $52,110 to $79,730
- $59,670 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $47,050 to $59,690
- $58,850 median for St. Louis metro area; middle half earns $49,660 to $64,720
- $48,720 median for Joplin metro area; middle half earns $46,150 to $50,890
- $48,480 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $45,130 to $55,090
- $46,480 median for Jefferson City metro area; middle half earns $46,460 to $48,090
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, middle schools · Highest-paying occupations in Missouri
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.