CitySalaryData

Official BLS salary lookup

Search a job and place

Special Education Teachers, Middle School · SOC 25-2057

Special Education Teachers, Middle School Salary in the Seattle Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area

Figures describe the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Seattle city limits.

Median annual wage$100,350

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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area earned a median of $100,350 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $79,510 at the 10th percentile to $130,850 at the 90th. BLS estimates 720 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Special Education Teachers, Middle School in the Seattle metro area earn more than $100,350 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $83,070 and $125,460.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$79,510$83,070$100,350$125,460$130,850

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.

Download CSV

How this area compares

  • Seattle metro areathis metro area
    $100,350
  • Washingtonstate (WA)
    $99,520
  • United Statesnational
    $66,810

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +1% vs Washington overall and +50% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$46,480$71,343$96,207$121,070Jefferson City, MO — $46,480Columbia, MO — $48,480Lafayette, LA — $48,480Joplin, MO-KS — $48,720Winston-Salem, NC — $48,850Wilmington, NC — $49,110Tulsa, OK — $49,590Hattiesburg, MS — $49,770Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $50,520Texarkana, TX-AR — $50,600Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $50,750Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $50,780Lubbock, TX — $50,890Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $51,060Jackson, MS — $51,470Port St. Lucie, FL — $51,540Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $51,800Jonesboro, AR — $51,800Lake Charles, LA — $52,100Rapid City, SD — $52,990Montgomery, AL — $53,700Longview, TX — $55,100Fort Smith, AR-OK — $56,430Jackson, TN — $56,450Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $56,790Manhattan, KS — $56,890San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $57,040Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $57,270Kankakee, IL — $57,620Fargo, ND-MN — $57,680Abilene, TX — $57,720Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $57,880Wheeling, WV-OH — $57,900Roanoke, VA — $57,990Youngstown-Warren, OH — $58,040Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $58,090Oklahoma City, OK — $58,120Mobile, AL — $58,150South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $58,150Mayaguez, PR — $58,170Tucson, AZ — $58,170Fort Wayne, IN — $58,580Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $58,600St. Louis, MO-IL — $58,850Columbia, SC — $58,900Burlington, NC — $58,970Paducah, KY-IL — $59,040Erie, PA — $59,070Asheville, NC — $59,090Wichita, KS — $59,160Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $59,280Evansville, IN — $59,310Springfield, MO — $59,670Akron, OH — $59,690Baton Rouge, LA — $59,760Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $59,980Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $60,090College Station-Bryan, TX — $60,190Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $60,230Bowling Green, KY — $60,350Chattanooga, TN-GA — $60,360Janesville-Beloit, WI — $60,380Corpus Christi, TX — $60,430Greensboro-High Point, NC — $60,430Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $60,430San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $60,430Waco, TX — $60,460Birmingham, AL — $60,510Kansas City, MO-KS — $60,550Richmond, VA — $60,560Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $60,590Raleigh-Cary, NC — $60,670Topeka, KS — $60,700Ponce, PR — $60,710McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $60,720Boise City, ID — $60,730Lawton, OK — $60,770Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $60,780Aguadilla, PR — $60,860Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $60,860Lynchburg, VA — $60,880Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $60,930Kenosha, WI — $61,010Tyler, TX — $61,070Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $61,120Charlottesville, VA — $61,130Killeen-Temple, TX — $61,200Wichita Falls, TX — $61,250Peoria, IL — $61,260Canton-Massillon, OH — $61,280Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $61,300New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $61,320Colorado Springs, CO — $61,340Grand Forks, ND-MN — $61,380Spartanburg, SC — $61,400Cheyenne, WY — $61,420Columbus, OH — $61,420Elizabethtown, KY — $61,460Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $61,530Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $61,780Sheboygan, WI — $61,860Amarillo, TX — $61,980Owensboro, KY — $62,030Champaign-Urbana, IL — $62,140Fond du Lac, WI — $62,200Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $62,250Sherman-Denison, TX — $62,350Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $62,360York-Hanover, PA — $62,530North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $62,540Toledo, OH — $62,670Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $62,720Gainesville, GA — $62,730Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $62,820Iowa City, IA — $62,860Knoxville, TN — $62,860Lincoln, NE — $62,920Rochester, NY — $63,040Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $63,110Greeley, CO — $63,160Reno, NV — $63,280Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $63,340Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $63,370Grand Junction, CO — $63,480La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $63,500Decatur, IL — $63,520Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $63,660Savannah, GA — $63,730Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $63,790Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $63,880Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $63,890Billings, MT — $63,960Macon-Bibb County, GA — $63,970Bloomington, IL — $64,060Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $64,090Cedar Rapids, IA — $64,100El Paso, TX — $64,100Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $64,210Ogden, UT — $64,210Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $64,410Glens Falls, NY — $64,480St. Cloud, MN — $64,540Midland, TX — $65,130Lexington-Fayette, KY — $65,810Pueblo, CO — $65,830Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $65,870Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $65,970Eau Claire, WI — $66,430Monroe, MI — $66,650Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $66,860Saginaw, MI — $67,740Odessa, TX — $67,910Binghamton, NY — $68,910Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $70,690Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $70,780Green Bay, WI — $71,400Manchester-Nashua, NH — $71,830Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $72,530Springfield, OH — $72,750Las Cruces, NM — $72,810Mansfield, OH — $72,830Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $73,110Vineland, NJ — $73,120Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $73,410Duluth, MN-WI — $73,630San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $73,630Omaha, NE-IA — $73,870Albany, OR — $74,070Springfield, IL — $74,590Pittsburgh, PA — $74,910Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $75,230Chambersburg, PA — $75,390Rockford, IL — $75,540Utica-Rome, NY — $75,780Albuquerque, NM — $75,800Ithaca, NY — $75,860Syracuse, NY — $75,920Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $76,400Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $76,600Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $76,620Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $76,660Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $77,050Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $77,140Salem, OR — $77,390Battle Creek, MI — $77,460Flint, MI — $77,620Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $77,750Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $77,840New Haven, CT — $78,040Portland-South Portland, ME — $78,160Stockton-Lodi, CA — $78,290Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $78,560Lancaster, PA — $78,560Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $78,720Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $78,860San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $79,310Madison, WI — $79,710Cleveland, OH — $79,890Eugene-Springfield, OR — $79,920Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $80,210Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $80,510Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $80,730Boulder, CO — $80,960Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $80,970Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $81,040Anchorage, AK — $81,140Springfield, MA — $81,270Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $81,350Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $81,570Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $81,620Ann Arbor, MI — $81,710Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $81,800Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $82,290Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $82,320Bend, OR — $83,110Yakima, WA — $83,610Worcester, MA — $83,810Salisbury, MD — $83,850Kennewick-Richland, WA — $85,190Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $87,160Pittsfield, MA — $88,190Barnstable Town, MA — $91,630Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $92,130Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $92,900Kingston, NY — $94,290New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $94,740Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $96,210Modesto, CA — $96,500Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $97,000Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $97,360Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $97,980Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $99,190Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $100,350Salinas, CA — $100,840Bellingham, WA — $101,120Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $101,560San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $103,580Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $103,880Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $104,450Fresno, CA — $104,540Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $110,850San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $121,070

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 Seattle metro area has the 10th-highest published median for this occupation among the 242 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 Washington

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.

  • Seattle metro areathis page
    $100,350
  • Bremerton metro area
    $104,450
  • Olympia metro area
    $103,880
  • Bellingham metro area
    $101,120
  • Kennewick metro area
    $85,190
  • Yakima metro area
    $83,610
  • Spokane metro area
    $80,970

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:

Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$53,950Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$102,920Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$46,380Self-Enrichment Teachers$48,530Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$102,670Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$60,070

Highest-paying metro areas for special education teachers, middle schools · Highest-paying occupations in Seattle 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.

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.