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Special Education Teachers, Preschool · SOC 25-2051

Special Education Teachers, Preschool 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$94,240

BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).

Special Education Teachers, Preschool in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area earned a median of $94,240 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $68,470 at the 10th percentile to $127,980 at the 90th. BLS estimates 470 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Special Education Teachers, Preschool in the Seattle metro area earn more than $94,240 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $80,350 and $109,260.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$68,470$80,350$94,240$109,260$127,980

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.

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How this area compares

  • Seattle metro areathis metro area
    $94,240
  • Washingtonstate (WA)
    $86,580
  • United Statesnational
    $64,830

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

The median here is +9% vs Washington overall and +45% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$31,410$60,793$90,177$119,560Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $31,410Youngstown-Warren, OH — $35,400Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $36,560Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $46,630Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $46,740Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $46,840Joplin, MO-KS — $47,540Chattanooga, TN-GA — $47,960Jackson, MS — $50,640St. Louis, MO-IL — $50,920Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $51,040Syracuse, NY — $54,640Topeka, KS — $55,140Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $55,200Baton Rouge, LA — $56,620Monroe, LA — $56,890Tucson, AZ — $57,380Winston-Salem, NC — $57,760Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $57,840Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $58,320Cleveland, OH — $58,900New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $59,140San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $59,340Columbia, SC — $59,360Dover, DE — $59,400St. Cloud, MN — $59,480Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $59,520Clarksville, TN-KY — $59,590Pittsburgh, PA — $60,070Canton-Massillon, OH — $60,330Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $60,400Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $60,660Wichita, KS — $60,910Binghamton, NY — $61,260Columbus, OH — $61,290Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $61,380Colorado Springs, CO — $61,450Madison, WI — $61,460Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $61,710Richmond, VA — $61,860Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $61,950Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $61,980Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $62,080Raleigh-Cary, NC — $62,300Omaha, NE-IA — $62,760Knoxville, TN — $63,150Rochester, NY — $63,580Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $63,670Manchester-Nashua, NH — $63,780Albuquerque, NM — $63,790Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $63,830Savannah, GA — $64,240Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $64,690Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $66,240Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $66,740Ogden, UT — $68,760North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $68,990Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $72,390Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $73,220Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $74,110Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $74,810Vallejo, CA — $75,140Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $75,160Duluth, MN-WI — $75,330Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $75,420Rochester, MN — $76,710Mankato, MN — $77,310Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $77,540Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $78,090Rockford, IL — $78,600Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $78,860Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $79,370Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $79,560Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $79,650Kennewick-Richland, WA — $79,840Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $79,940Boulder, CO — $80,230Anchorage, AK — $80,390Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $80,700Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $80,950New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $81,210San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $82,280Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $82,390Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $82,600Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $82,760Worcester, MA — $84,040McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $85,200Naples-Marco Island, FL — $86,120Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $89,180New Haven, CT — $90,440Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $92,660Fresno, CA — $93,800Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $94,240Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $99,440Akron, OH — $100,650San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $117,200Kansas City, MO-KS — $119,560

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 5th-highest published median for this occupation among the 97 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, preschool, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Seattle metro areathis page
    $94,240
  • Olympia metro area
    $82,600
  • Kennewick metro area
    $79,840
  • Spokane metro area
    $75,160

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, preschools · 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.