Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$63,000

National average

Salary Range

$47,590 – $100,620

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$112,850$62,980$130,940
Visalia, CA$102,630$60,620$183,190
El Centro, CA$100,980$69,200$172,230
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$99,170$65,130$113,890
Fresno, CA$98,550$54,850$137,440
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$98,050$68,770$147,720
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$97,970$68,910$124,260
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$97,300$62,740$117,960
Stockton-Lodi, CA$96,940$58,480$111,560
Vallejo, CA$96,190$60,340$132,280
Merced, CA$95,060$56,800$112,880
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$93,800$63,000$130,850
Yuba City, CA$92,620$59,270$124,350
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$92,450$55,250$124,280
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$92,070$57,600$128,180
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$91,730$64,420$131,560
California$90,530$57,780$123,900
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$89,230$55,690$118,040
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$88,110$56,680$125,440
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$85,810$65,160$117,680
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$85,640$60,990$141,660
Washington$85,340$63,890$122,340
Bellingham, WA$84,900$65,920$125,700
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$83,270$53,600$119,470
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$82,850$60,280$121,740
Salisbury, MD$82,620$53,950$125,770
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$82,510$61,230$132,130
District of Columbia$82,400$63,650$123,550
Kingston, NY$82,050$60,240$121,120
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$81,540$63,990$116,370
Kennewick-Richland, WA$81,260$60,260$115,080
Connecticut$81,220$54,740$107,360
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$81,220$60,200$115,190
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$80,970$59,440$93,740
Reno, NV$80,960$51,220$104,380
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$80,850$57,180$130,490
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$80,790$59,120$105,030
New York$80,750$57,380$132,100
Barnstable Town, MA$80,630$62,240$100,750
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$80,590$64,590$120,410
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$80,470$53,710$111,460
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$80,130$60,390$101,060
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$80,090$61,750$107,860
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$79,980$56,540$129,170
Redding, CA$79,800$52,110$120,890
Yakima, WA$79,450$55,090$102,040
New Haven, CT$79,410$52,190$99,240
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$79,410$58,540$95,900
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$79,320$49,080$122,150
Springfield, MA$79,070$54,690$89,990
Massachusetts$78,820$54,690$102,820
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$78,660$49,700$103,750
Worcester, MA$78,510$44,920$101,470
Ann Arbor, MI$78,480$50,170$122,340
Oregon$78,320$50,020$127,200
Boulder, CO$78,230$62,620$120,220
York-Hanover, PA$78,060$55,130$93,520
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$77,950$58,070$101,570
Rhode Island$77,930$59,110$95,280
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$77,910$59,790$103,300
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$77,890$55,020$104,320
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$77,880$51,610$97,330
Longview-Kelso, WA$77,810$59,390$100,520
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$77,700$61,560$123,280
Saginaw, MI$77,390$46,130$90,410
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$77,370$52,570$96,580
Flint, MI$77,250$45,220$86,850
Alaska$77,220$57,220$94,160
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$77,140$57,690$117,290
Grants Pass, OR$76,940$48,430$93,940
Eugene-Springfield, OR$76,870$46,300$91,120
Lancaster, PA$76,830$57,850$92,520
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$76,750$58,560$119,470
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$76,740$51,100$100,620
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$76,490$45,570$108,830
Modesto, CA$76,450$61,970$108,070
Columbus, OH$76,390$47,050$100,550
Corvallis, OR$76,390$47,710$93,830
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$76,340$45,900$78,470
Illinois$76,170$48,830$100,620
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$76,130$58,220$99,050
Salem, OR$75,940$56,840$90,290
New Jersey$75,660$59,790$101,930
Santa Fe, NM$75,650$59,380$96,770
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$75,560$47,560$101,450
Maryland$75,550$56,410$103,950
Michigan$75,520$46,890$113,700
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$75,340$58,670$97,440
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$74,900$58,940$100,500
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$74,790$50,500$93,980
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$74,650$61,100$99,190
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$74,500$45,490$96,320
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$74,470$47,800$98,320
Lexington Park, MD$74,420$56,270$98,910
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$74,070$42,060$88,830
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$73,960$46,480$90,170
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$73,810$58,340$108,530
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$73,640$53,900$100,150
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$73,410$52,740$103,840
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$72,390$56,280$103,410
Springfield, OH$72,370$45,620$94,280
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$72,290$56,630$89,380
Jackson, MI$72,270$47,460$91,150
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$71,010$45,110$100,350
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$70,510$47,670$78,900
Portland-South Portland, ME$70,310$48,760$82,730
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$70,300$51,640$96,930
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$70,230$49,000$80,050
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$70,220$47,940$100,360
Syracuse, NY$69,580$54,650$83,980
Vineland, NJ$69,510$58,700$102,930
Jacksonville, FL$69,110$50,110$95,870
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$68,440$53,360$105,550
Williamsport, PA$68,090$47,920$85,630
Las Cruces, NM$68,030$52,170$94,640
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$67,950$51,520$91,900
Georgia$67,710$46,760$98,260
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$67,510$44,770$90,170
Albany, OR$67,300$45,710$88,300
Farmington, NM$67,150$58,100$90,640
Canton-Massillon, OH$67,010$45,010$98,340
Medford, OR$66,890$48,070$87,870
New Mexico$66,490$56,280$94,160
Reading, PA$66,320$49,950$96,930
Albuquerque, NM$66,200$56,280$80,170
Madison, WI$66,040$47,790$80,720
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$65,640$53,980$74,030
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$65,480$48,680$81,660
Niles, MI$65,380$46,700$102,850
St. Cloud, MN$65,370$47,840$90,350
Bend, OR$65,300$46,580$90,950
Springfield, IL$65,220$48,640$80,800
Utica-Rome, NY$65,200$46,630$100,000
Virginia$65,000$49,290$103,160
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$64,970$54,330$80,600
Cheyenne, WY$64,830$52,790$76,540
Rochester, MN$64,730$45,850$74,890
Pennsylvania$64,520$48,500$92,520
Chambersburg, PA$64,520$47,970$90,370
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$64,340$48,210$94,650
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$64,280$44,960$89,600
Warner Robins, GA$64,190$47,080$94,920
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$64,110$52,600$80,410
Ohio$64,060$45,110$98,530
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$64,030$51,260$82,100
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$63,960$41,600$81,110
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$63,810$50,690$80,810
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$63,810$46,450$112,660
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$63,800$46,530$78,410
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$63,760$46,660$78,210
Duluth, MN-WI$63,740$45,390$82,960
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$63,720$45,570$103,280
Binghamton, NY$63,620$59,180$95,250
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$63,540$46,870$83,360
Wyoming$63,520$51,160$77,270
Pueblo, CO$63,500$41,460$77,640
Colorado$63,500$48,490$93,980
Florence, SC$63,500$35,430$100,710
Monroe, MI$63,410$47,980$103,880
Ithaca, NY$63,390$50,550$105,030
Nevada$63,340$38,430$104,380
Minnesota$63,320$47,190$90,940
Cleveland, OH$63,290$43,260$98,200
Vermont$63,220$48,070$91,360
Decatur, IL$63,220$42,850$75,270
Altoona, PA$63,060$49,390$77,390
Eau Claire, WI$63,030$49,500$78,920
Pittsburgh, PA$62,970$47,980$93,550
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$62,860$46,440$77,350
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$62,720$46,350$80,150
State College, PA$62,700$44,850$91,460
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$62,690$43,970$88,880
Twin Falls, ID$62,670$45,520$80,390
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$62,670$45,600$92,560
Savannah, GA$62,600$29,390$78,140
Rochester, NY$62,570$46,190$84,100
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$62,560$40,860$93,550
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$62,540$48,260$78,070
Greeley, CO$62,460$46,100$82,950
Chattanooga, TN-GA$62,440$46,940$77,130
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$62,440$52,430$93,110
New Hampshire$62,420$45,480$82,680
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$62,310$51,290$87,630
Akron, OH$62,290$45,350$95,260
Boise City, ID$62,240$47,690$97,890
Mobile, AL$62,240$50,190$74,120
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$62,240$45,510$88,880
Idaho$62,210$46,240$93,920
Lexington-Fayette, KY$62,200$49,070$79,830
Youngstown-Warren, OH$62,190$43,940$91,980
Wichita, KS$62,140$49,350$69,750
Kenosha, WI$62,120$45,540$100,340
Bloomington, IL$62,100$49,530$103,550
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$62,060$48,720$79,030
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$62,050$49,340$78,710
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$62,030$51,830$76,160
Bismarck, ND$61,970$51,930$83,990
Grand Junction, CO$61,940$50,040$81,530
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$61,830$47,940$77,540
El Paso, TX$61,820$47,640$97,570
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$61,800$47,380$76,280
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$61,740$57,830$73,440
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$61,720$39,830$76,390
Idaho Falls, ID$61,710$47,430$92,950
Grand Island, NE$61,700$39,000$76,070
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$61,700$46,720$78,970
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$61,600$46,300$94,240
Battle Creek, MI$61,550$45,230$93,010
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$61,470$52,500$79,680
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$61,410$47,890$72,300
Omaha, NE-IA$61,380$45,380$77,150
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$61,370$49,160$82,720
Hinesville, GA$61,360$47,210$89,110
Johnstown, PA$61,350$46,330$76,930
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$61,330$42,250$91,590
Minot, ND$61,290$46,180$80,230
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$61,250$46,560$83,600
Nebraska$61,140$45,840$76,640
Alabama$61,100$48,520$74,030
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$61,100$47,950$91,310
Gainesville, GA$61,090$38,450$94,540
Tennessee$61,080$48,020$76,160
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$61,050$47,230$75,410
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$61,040$52,420$97,820
Rockford, IL$61,040$45,480$88,240
Bozeman, MT$61,030$40,130$82,330
Dover, DE$61,030$49,040$79,780
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$61,030$44,920$81,390
Richmond, VA$61,020$50,140$75,560
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$61,020$46,940$92,010
Toledo, OH$61,000$43,660$96,020
Valdosta, GA$60,980$40,340$98,320
Ames, IA$60,960$46,390$79,020
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$60,950$46,770$78,350
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$60,940$46,340$78,060
Columbia, SC$60,890$47,500$74,030
Lima, OH$60,890$39,890$89,000
Glens Falls, NY$60,860$49,400$93,030
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$60,850$50,890$79,900
Knoxville, TN$60,830$48,020$71,290
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$60,810$46,520$76,960
Pittsfield, MA$60,790$50,320$92,940
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$60,790$46,900$81,460
Kankakee, IL$60,760$47,140$80,820
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$60,750$48,500$80,880
Billings, MT$60,700$42,010$99,490
Traverse City, MI$60,690$46,100$78,320
Evansville, IN$60,670$48,090$93,560
Lubbock, TX$60,670$37,020$97,020
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$60,650$44,430$80,320
Midland, TX$60,640$49,300$92,010
St. George, UT$60,620$46,290$77,350
Elmira, NY$60,620$50,080$93,160
Roanoke, VA$60,610$45,180$76,120
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$60,610$37,680$74,440
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$60,610$47,020$74,000
South Carolina$60,530$45,760$77,260
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$60,530$46,770$76,180
Charlottesville, VA$60,300$48,330$78,430
Huntsville, AL$60,280$47,490$71,910
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$60,270$46,630$69,550
Texas$60,270$47,890$73,440
Montana$60,200$39,100$81,320
Columbus, GA-AL$60,180$43,050$75,470
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$60,150$50,190$98,820
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$60,120$40,600$90,170
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$60,080$45,800$84,170
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$60,070$48,290$79,060
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$60,050$44,630$77,000
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$60,050$46,600$93,920
Raleigh-Cary, NC$60,010$46,330$75,090
Champaign-Urbana, IL$59,980$47,790$77,260
Ogden, UT$59,920$38,700$92,440
Green Bay, WI$59,870$46,110$74,310
Maine$59,860$42,930$78,720
Wisconsin$59,860$46,740$77,770
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$59,860$44,420$71,380
Great Falls, MT$59,840$40,680$81,320
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$59,800$45,250$94,320
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$59,800$45,360$75,460
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$59,770$46,210$72,730
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$59,740$46,070$79,620
Tuscaloosa, AL$59,740$51,090$61,680
Baton Rouge, LA$59,740$46,720$76,670
Amarillo, TX$59,730$52,370$59,730
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$59,690$48,030$80,320
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$59,690$46,810$80,170
St. Louis, MO-IL$59,660$44,330$91,310
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$59,640$41,160$87,430
Sherman-Denison, TX$59,600$49,250$62,710
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$59,560$46,100$95,340
Victoria, TX$59,490$47,260$61,480
Peoria, IL$59,450$46,290$77,990
Rapid City, SD$59,450$47,170$59,500
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$59,390$48,790$72,990
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$59,370$47,370$91,090
Dalton, GA$59,370$46,130$80,200
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$59,230$46,300$80,630
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$59,230$45,870$72,060
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$59,180$15,770$77,840
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$59,170$47,950$76,830
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$59,160$50,800$70,760
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$59,140$53,400$63,370
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$59,110$50,490$77,560
Colorado Springs, CO$59,080$48,350$74,010
Macon-Bibb County, GA$59,080$36,930$83,050
Manchester-Nashua, NH$59,070$45,480$81,650
Kansas$59,060$47,910$75,840
Lawrence, KS$59,060$46,870$84,020
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$59,030$41,400$74,910
Delaware$58,990$49,710$83,410
Utah$58,920$29,800$79,990
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$58,900$47,710$75,200
Fond du Lac, WI$58,860$46,160$81,850
Kansas City, MO-KS$58,850$46,830$77,120
Appleton, WI$58,760$48,030$77,900
Dubuque, IA$58,760$45,000$67,370
Mansfield, OH$58,740$39,200$90,280
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$58,740$42,440$70,350
Mankato, MN$58,720$47,920$72,900
Sheboygan, WI$58,710$46,260$76,620
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$58,700$44,760$82,500
Abilene, TX$58,660$39,930$60,190
Grand Forks, ND-MN$58,650$46,960$79,520
Elizabethtown, KY$58,620$45,240$71,250
Spartanburg, SC$58,610$31,820$72,570
Cedar Rapids, IA$58,610$40,160$76,600
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$58,460$47,280$62,120
Corpus Christi, TX$58,430$49,500$60,460
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$58,360$45,210$77,000
Athens-Clarke County, GA$58,360$46,260$76,100
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$58,340$46,090$71,510
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$58,310$36,640$69,890
Killeen-Temple, TX$58,290$48,190$62,730
Longview, TX$58,280$44,520$63,800
Lynchburg, VA$58,230$47,340$83,250
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$58,180$45,140$62,420
Iowa City, IA$58,150$45,270$74,770
Ponce, PR$58,140$49,580$59,500
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$58,090$46,790$62,110
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$58,080$40,560$74,690
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$58,030$37,900$65,750
Topeka, KS$58,010$48,930$63,450
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$58,010$46,180$79,660
Fort Smith, AR-OK$57,950$48,330$62,080
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$57,950$47,460$60,740
Indiana$57,910$45,710$77,430
Aguadilla, PR$57,830$48,790$71,920
North Dakota$57,820$44,480$80,230
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$57,820$44,470$77,420
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$57,820$44,110$67,730
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$57,800$47,640$61,260
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$57,780$46,240$76,230
Greensboro-High Point, NC$57,710$43,870$71,750
College Station-Bryan, TX$57,680$51,560$60,120
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$57,680$45,790$81,210
Wheeling, WV-OH$57,680$45,130$78,330
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$57,590$46,210$61,720
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$57,570$45,830$60,700
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$57,540$39,580$78,540
Arecibo, PR$57,460$48,900$70,340
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$57,460$44,950$61,800
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$57,460$39,070$69,970
Manhattan, KS$57,440$46,740$69,720
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$57,420$48,960$80,840
Missoula, MT$57,320$38,850$80,730
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$57,310$45,100$63,410
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$57,250$38,960$63,710
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$57,250$40,350$88,950
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$57,210$39,360$69,150
Kentucky$57,090$41,370$71,250
Oklahoma City, OK$56,980$37,080$96,980
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$56,970$43,600$76,890
Hot Springs, AR$56,740$47,900$61,150
Wichita Falls, TX$56,740$38,840$61,340
Burlington, NC$56,700$38,260$62,970
Greenville, NC$56,680$42,860$70,830
Fort Wayne, IN$56,590$45,340$76,520
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$56,410$39,020$61,660
North Carolina$56,330$41,140$72,120
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$56,280$42,250$75,130
Decatur, AL$56,180$45,450$61,120
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$56,060$45,890$63,600
Puerto Rico$56,040$48,790$60,490
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$55,920$45,200$60,460
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$55,800$44,110$66,410
Hawaii$55,760$46,500$57,090
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$55,580$40,150$76,330
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$55,560$48,790$58,960
Tyler, TX$55,480$40,940$59,950
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$55,450$44,450$69,050
Iowa$55,350$44,020$72,410
Mayaguez, PR$55,330$46,520$67,720
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$55,230$48,410$62,200
Waco, TX$54,900$47,790$60,010
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$54,870$46,380$64,830
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$54,620$44,780$75,590
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$54,480$48,500$68,430
Louisiana$54,410$46,100$70,020
San Angelo, TX$54,400$47,480$59,200
Lawton, OK$54,370$46,360$58,620
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$53,980$46,170$73,590
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$53,980$46,800$76,660
Guayama, PR$53,800$48,800$60,490
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$53,400$35,660$62,680
Lincoln, NE$53,290$53,290$79,190
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$53,140$26,780$81,460
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$52,700$52,700$62,340
Florida$52,700$50,960$78,560
Janesville-Beloit, WI$52,640$49,430$80,250
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$52,630$44,340$79,100
Jonesboro, AR$52,490$48,210$58,120
Muncie, IN$52,240$40,970$72,340
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$52,180$45,940$71,450
Missouri$52,140$38,830$77,120
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$52,020$39,350$61,410
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$51,920$49,920$60,770
Monroe, LA$51,820$51,230$60,190
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$51,780$42,320$62,540
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$51,720$41,600$61,850
Port St. Lucie, FL$51,710$47,400$61,080
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$51,710$51,400$60,550
Arkansas$51,590$45,600$63,980
Johnson City, TN$51,480$49,710$74,700
Bowling Green, KY$51,460$41,370$61,430
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$51,420$49,650$73,270
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$51,380$43,240$78,180
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$51,240$38,250$76,350
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$51,240$39,020$78,530
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$51,100$51,100$74,520
Tulsa, OK$51,070$42,790$81,280
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$50,960$50,960$57,200
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$50,900$46,130$76,930
Clarksville, TN-KY$50,810$49,090$75,150
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$50,790$45,550$61,550
Bangor, ME$50,650$40,580$77,290
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$50,590$40,490$61,260
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$50,550$46,850$59,810
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$50,540$45,620$61,550
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$50,490$44,260$60,620
Jackson, TN$50,480$47,400$61,800
South Dakota$50,380$45,770$61,250
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$50,370$39,840$66,690
Fargo, ND-MN$50,360$42,330$81,830
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$50,360$42,770$71,000
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$50,340$45,260$73,610
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$50,340$44,790$59,340
Asheville, NC$50,230$39,830$71,160
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$50,170$50,170$63,670
Winston-Salem, NC$50,140$29,110$63,340
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$50,020$45,120$60,380
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$49,990$42,080$61,510
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$49,990$46,770$60,280
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$49,990$45,200$60,990
Lafayette, LA$49,970$49,230$58,950
Texarkana, TX-AR$49,880$45,360$60,950
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$49,880$47,310$63,150
Jackson, MS$49,770$44,890$59,350
Arizona$49,760$43,760$74,400
West Virginia$49,760$43,970$62,040
Owensboro, KY$49,680$43,310$66,980
Bloomington, IN$49,680$44,090$76,470
Joplin, MO-KS$49,610$39,260$64,600
Lake Charles, LA$49,550$49,550$58,670
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$49,500$45,010$68,160
Terre Haute, IN$49,410$39,400$74,160
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$49,360$44,510$62,580
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$49,170$45,770$55,690
Morgantown, WV$49,120$41,700$60,490
Paducah, KY-IL$49,080$43,420$69,070
Oklahoma$49,030$39,110$81,280
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$49,030$42,740$56,240
Springfield, MO$49,020$38,740$69,590
Charleston, WV$48,980$45,170$62,530
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$48,900$43,610$66,800
Mississippi$48,860$44,920$60,320
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$48,780$37,390$76,670
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$48,730$39,210$59,440
Cleveland, TN$48,530$46,660$58,580
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$48,490$46,020$64,230
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$48,340$40,740$60,170
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$48,340$46,350$61,880
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$48,330$43,420$77,830
Enid, OK$48,250$41,790$48,250
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$48,220$40,450$72,940
Tucson, AZ$48,210$46,100$62,690
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$48,210$46,550$61,930
Fayetteville, NC$48,050$38,980$62,090
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$47,960$37,980$59,600
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$47,890$42,140$60,410
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,800$38,600$62,920
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$47,740$37,980$63,060
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,740$40,320$59,050
Jacksonville, NC$47,720$38,360$61,770
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$47,680$41,180$59,030
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$47,650$45,420$59,900
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$47,650$45,410$62,420
Columbia, MO$47,340$38,580$71,970
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$47,320$17,130$84,100
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$47,150$44,550$59,210
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$47,150$20,540$65,280
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$47,070$47,070$64,730
Rocky Mount, NC$47,040$37,940$62,100
Wilmington, NC$47,020$38,980$60,420
Hattiesburg, MS$46,400$41,720$57,490
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$46,400$37,930$76,350
Jefferson City, MO$45,990$37,810$65,350
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$45,530$29,850$56,230
Logan, UT-ID$45,520$28,690$75,700
Yuma, AZ$45,450$38,970$52,300
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$45,350$37,930$66,190
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$45,190$36,480$56,810
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$44,770$29,650$74,540
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$43,370$35,840$60,930

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School make?▾

The median annual salary for a Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School is $63,000, with a typical range of $47,590 – $100,620 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School?▾

Entry-level Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School positions typically start around $47,590 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary Schools earn the most?▾

Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary Schools tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.