Special Education Teachers, Secondary School · SOC 25-2058
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School Salary in the East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School in the East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $60,980 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $47,750 at the 10th percentile to $78,330 at the 90th. BLS estimates 100 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Special Education Teachers, Secondary School in the East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area earn more than $60,980 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,190 and $63,080.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $47,750 | $48,190 | $60,980 | $63,080 | $78,330 |
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
- East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$60,980 median for East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $48,190 to $63,080
- Tennesseestate$61,360 median for Tennessee; middle half earns $52,540 to $65,770
- United Statesnational$74,260 median for United States; middle half earns $60,180 to $93,730
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −1% vs Tennessee overall and −18% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Tennessee
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for special education teachers, secondary school, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- East Tennessee nonmetropolitan areathis page$60,980 median for East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $48,190 to $63,080
- $63,280 median for Cleveland metro area; middle half earns $62,840 to $68,360
- $63,030 median for Knoxville metro area; middle half earns $50,190 to $63,230
- $62,130 median for Chattanooga metro area; middle half earns $51,360 to $64,730
- $61,450 median for Kingsport metro area; middle half earns $50,460 to $61,620
- $61,360 median for Nashville-Davidson metro area; middle half earns $59,480 to $75,460
- $61,120 median for Johnson City metro area; middle half earns $49,070 to $67,260
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, secondary schools · Highest-paying occupations in East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area
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.