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Special Education Teachers, Secondary School · SOC 25-2058

Special Education Teachers, Secondary 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$102,290

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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area earned a median of $102,290 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $74,500 at the 10th percentile to $129,250 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,270 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Special Education Teachers, Secondary School in the Seattle metro area earn more than $102,290 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $82,090 and $126,510.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$74,500$82,090$102,290$126,510$129,250

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
    $102,290
  • Washingtonstate (WA)
    $101,120
  • United Statesnational
    $74,260

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 +38% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

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

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 8th-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 Washington

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.

  • Seattle metro areathis page
    $102,290
  • Mount Vernon metro area
    $103,420
  • Bremerton metro area
    $102,890
  • Olympia metro area
    $101,060
  • Spokane metro area
    $97,540
  • Bellingham metro area
    $96,940
  • Wenatchee metro area
    $93,380

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, secondary 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.