Special Education Teachers, Preschool · SOC 25-2051
Special Education Teachers, Preschool Salary in the Texas
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Texas
Figures describe the state of Texas as a whole.
BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).
Special Education Teachers, Preschool in the Texas earned a median of $65,680 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $39,090 at the 10th percentile to $94,410 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,010 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Special Education Teachers, Preschool in the Texas earn more than $65,680 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $58,600 and $82,420.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $39,090 | $58,600 | $65,680 | $82,420 | $94,410 |
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
- Texas$65,680 median for Texas; middle half earns $58,600 to $82,420
- United Statesnational$64,830 median for United States; middle half earns $52,210 to $91,660
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Texas
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.
- Texasthis page$65,680 median for Texas; middle half earns $58,600 to $82,420
- $85,200 median for McAllen metro area; middle half earns $81,740 to $93,970
- $74,110 median for Dallas metro area; middle half earns $64,860 to $93,590
- $66,240 median for Houston metro area; middle half earns $61,830 to $85,750
- $59,340 median for San Antonio metro area; middle half earns $36,180 to $66,230
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, preschools · Highest-paying occupations in Texas
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.