Pay distribution $48,060 10th $58,010 25th $78,720 75th $96,110 90th
Half of Special Education Teachers, Secondary School in the Lima metro area earn more than $74,270 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $58,010 and $78,720.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $48,060 $58,010 $74,270 $78,720 $96,110
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 Lima metro areathis metro area
$74,270 median for Lima metro area; middle half earns $58,010 to $78,720
$76,180 median for Ohio; middle half earns $58,910 to $85,170
$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 −3% vs Ohio overall and about the same vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $47,320 $70,760 $94,200 $117,640 Jefferson City, MO — $47,320 Columbia, MO — $47,570 Hattiesburg, MS — $48,360 Joplin, MO-KS — $48,520 Enid, OK — $49,270 Tulsa, OK — $49,280 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $50,160 Winston-Salem, NC — $50,820 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $51,050 Lawton, OK — $51,540 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $51,660 Wilmington, NC — $51,710 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $51,820 Charleston, WV — $52,330 Lake Charles, LA — $52,520 Gainesville, FL — $53,030 Fayetteville, NC — $53,100 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $53,140 Port St. Lucie, FL — $53,280 Texarkana, TX-AR — $53,360 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $53,910 Twin Falls, ID — $54,620 Rocky Mount, NC — $54,910 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $55,390 Asheville, NC — $55,490 Jackson, MS — $55,800 Kokomo, IN — $56,060 Lynchburg, VA — $56,470 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $56,480 Fort Wayne, IN — $56,500 Terre Haute, IN — $56,620 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $56,660 Longview, TX — $56,660 Tallahassee, FL — $56,710 Tucson, AZ — $56,730 Springfield, MO — $56,740 Wheeling, WV-OH — $56,890 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $56,930 San Angelo, TX — $57,170 Mayaguez, PR — $57,360 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $57,400 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $57,460 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $57,590 Alexandria, LA — $57,940 Arecibo, PR — $58,030 Lubbock, TX — $58,150 Hot Springs, AR — $58,220 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $58,260 Manhattan, KS — $58,320 Rapid City, SD — $58,360 Peoria, IL — $58,460 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $58,490 Roanoke, VA — $58,530 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $58,770 Columbia, SC — $58,860 Dubuque, IA — $58,950 Ponce, PR — $58,970 Aguadilla, PR — $59,120 Monroe, LA — $59,160 Johnstown, PA — $59,190 Jonesboro, AR — $59,220 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $59,360 Paducah, KY-IL — $59,410 Valdosta, GA — $59,430 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $59,440 Baton Rouge, LA — $59,590 Bangor, ME — $59,610 Guayama, PR — $59,750 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $59,760 Idaho Falls, ID — $59,950 Jackson, TN — $59,960 Winchester, VA-WV — $59,970 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $60,010 Abilene, TX — $60,020 Flagstaff, AZ — $60,060 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $60,070 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $60,070 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $60,130 Bowling Green, KY — $60,200 Montgomery, AL — $60,250 Logan, UT-ID — $60,290 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $60,310 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $60,340 Waco, TX — $60,350 Green Bay, WI — $60,430 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $60,470 Wausau, WI — $60,490 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $60,500 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $60,550 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $60,580 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $60,580 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $60,700 Amarillo, TX — $60,830 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $60,900 Evansville, IN — $61,000 Kansas City, MO-KS — $61,090 Johnson City, TN — $61,120 Richmond, VA — $61,120 St. Louis, MO-IL — $61,160 Wichita Falls, TX — $61,160 Tyler, TX — $61,200 Bismarck, ND — $61,210 Tuscaloosa, AL — $61,210 Fargo, ND-MN — $61,220 Boise City, ID — $61,310 Gainesville, GA — $61,320 Springfield, IL — $61,350 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $61,360 Spartanburg, SC — $61,420 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $61,450 Wichita, KS — $61,500 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $61,600 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $61,630 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $61,710 Cheyenne, WY — $61,790 Killeen-Temple, TX — $61,830 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $61,830 Topeka, KS — $61,870 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $61,890 Appleton, WI — $61,910 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $61,930 Colorado Springs, CO — $61,940 Altoona, PA — $62,050 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $62,100 Cedar Rapids, IA — $62,110 Elizabethtown, KY — $62,110 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $62,110 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $62,130 Huntsville, AL — $62,170 Minot, ND — $62,220 Mankato, MN — $62,260 Bloomington, IL — $62,280 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $62,290 Great Falls, MT — $62,310 Corpus Christi, TX — $62,340 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $62,370 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $62,440 Missoula, MT — $62,560 Kankakee, IL — $62,610 College Station-Bryan, TX — $62,700 Sherman-Denison, TX — $62,740 Iowa City, IA — $62,760 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $62,780 Charlottesville, VA — $62,920 Lincoln, NE — $62,940 Decatur, IL — $62,980 St. George, UT — $63,010 Knoxville, TN — $63,030 Reno, NV — $63,030 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $63,040 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $63,140 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $63,190 Rochester, NY — $63,190 Columbus, GA-AL — $63,220 Cleveland, TN — $63,280 Billings, MT — $63,320 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $63,330 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $63,350 Urban Honolulu, HI — $63,370 Decatur, AL — $63,390 Williamsport, PA — $63,450 Fond du Lac, WI — $63,540 Omaha, NE-IA — $63,600 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $63,670 Springfield, OH — $63,680 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $63,700 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $63,740 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $63,760 Laredo, TX — $63,960 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $64,040 Owensboro, KY — $64,380 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $64,490 El Paso, TX — $64,500 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $64,630 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $64,680 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $64,720 Birmingham, AL — $64,760 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $64,770 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $64,780 Albany, OR — $65,050 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $65,060 Grand Junction, CO — $65,090 Sheboygan, WI — $65,230 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $65,280 Mobile, AL — $65,310 Eau Claire, WI — $65,360 Grand Island, NE — $65,620 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $66,260 Dover, DE — $66,330 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $66,440 Ogden, UT — $66,940 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $67,120 Ann Arbor, MI — $68,270 Niles, MI — $69,150 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $69,210 Mansfield, OH — $69,480 Bozeman, MT — $69,900 Ithaca, NY — $70,510 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $70,540 Madison, WI — $70,810 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $71,400 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $71,570 Erie, PA — $71,660 Portland-South Portland, ME — $72,160 Greeley, CO — $72,270 Harrisonburg, VA — $72,410 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $72,600 Duluth, MN-WI — $72,810 Columbus, OH — $72,860 Kenosha, WI — $73,260 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $73,280 Glens Falls, NY — $73,500 Canton-Massillon, OH — $73,540 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $73,570 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $73,750 Sandusky, OH — $73,920 Rochester, MN — $74,020 Lima, OH — $74,270 Flint, MI — $74,370 Saginaw, MI — $74,560 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $74,690 St. Cloud, MN — $74,770 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $74,960 Pittsburgh, PA — $75,160 Toledo, OH — $75,230 Salem, OR — $75,510 Las Cruces, NM — $75,570 Albuquerque, NM — $76,590 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $76,610 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $76,790 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $76,870 Pueblo, CO — $77,060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $77,180 Utica-Rome, NY — $77,210 Syracuse, NY — $77,430 Midland, TX — $77,480 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $77,500 Binghamton, NY — $77,550 Akron, OH — $77,780 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $77,850 Rockford, IL — $78,070 Elmira, NY — $78,170 Pittsfield, MA — $78,370 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $78,450 Jacksonville, FL — $78,450 Reading, PA — $78,670 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $78,830 Santa Fe, NM — $78,880 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $79,010 Barnstable Town, MA — $79,140 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $79,140 Farmington, NM — $79,190 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $79,190 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $79,250 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $79,330 Springfield, MA — $79,570 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $79,650 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $79,760 Cleveland, OH — $79,900 New Haven, CT — $79,930 Chambersburg, PA — $80,060 Worcester, MA — $80,270 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $80,610 Lancaster, PA — $81,040 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $81,050 Bend, OR — $81,100 Warner Robins, GA — $81,190 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $81,520 Lexington Park, MD — $81,710 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $81,800 Longview-Kelso, WA — $81,830 Kingston, NY — $82,120 Boulder, CO — $82,140 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $82,220 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $82,350 Monroe, MI — $82,450 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $82,880 York-Hanover, PA — $83,280 Vineland, NJ — $83,740 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $84,720 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $84,760 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $85,000 Yakima, WA — $85,590 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $87,630 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $90,340 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $92,110 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $93,380 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $94,130 Yuba City, CA — $96,260 Bellingham, WA — $96,940 El Centro, CA — $97,000 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $97,310 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $97,540 Merced, CA — $98,040 Modesto, CA — $98,170 Fresno, CA — $98,860 Gettysburg, PA — $98,860 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $99,900 Vallejo, CA — $99,930 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $100,430 Salinas, CA — $100,450 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $100,880 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $100,900 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $101,060 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $101,060 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $101,700 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $102,290 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $102,890 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $103,420 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $103,730 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $104,090 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $105,160 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $115,160 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $117,640 Lima metro area 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 Lima metro area has the 97th-highest published median for this occupation among the 314 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 Ohio 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.
Lima metro areathis page
$74,270 median for Lima metro area; middle half earns $58,010 to $78,720
$79,900 median for Cleveland metro area; middle half earns $60,780 to $98,410
$79,140 median for Dayton metro area; middle half earns $61,930 to $93,400
$77,780 median for Akron metro area; middle half earns $62,220 to $89,750
$75,230 median for Toledo metro area; middle half earns $51,880 to $81,480
$73,920 median for Sandusky metro area; middle half earns $58,570 to $77,640
$73,540 median for Canton metro area; middle half earns $57,980 to $79,140
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:
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education $75,830 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary $34,130 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education $75,760 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education $73,060 Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School $64,020 Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education $33,480 Highest-paying metro areas for special education teachers, secondary schools · Highest-paying occupations in Lima 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 .