Special Education Teachers, Secondary School Salary — Seattle, Washington

The average Special Education Teachers, Secondary School in Seattle, Washington earns $101,860 a year.

$101,860 / year, mean
↑ 27.8% above national average 80th percentile in Washington

Seattle pays well above most of Washington for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's a substantial premium — this metro pays far more for special education teachers, secondary school than the U.S. average. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Washington

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
1,270
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.9%
Cost of living 111 #7 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2245 #169 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $750,279 #12 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $112,594 #5 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Seattle ranks #7 for cost of living and #12 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Diego $121,230 San Jose $110,740 San Francisco $106,980 Mount Vernon $105,910 Riverside $105,440 Oxnard $104,450 Bremerton $102,410 New York $102,040 Seattle $101,860 Los Angeles $100,710 Fresno $100,150 Bellingham $99,820 Modesto $97,500 Sacramento $96,740 Santa Rosa $96,630 Salinas $96,220 Merced $96,010 Vallejo $94,950 Santa Cruz $94,940 Olympia $93,930 Yuba City $93,810 Kennewick $93,650 Kingston $93,650 Kiryas Joel $92,930 Stockton $92,820 Baltimore $92,190 El Centro $91,860 Chicago $91,740 Gettysburg $90,900 Spokane $90,390 Yakima $90,200 Longview $87,850 Wenatchee $87,140 York $86,910 Atlantic City $85,940 Hanford $84,500 Portland $84,490 Bend $84,300 Trenton $83,830 Albany $83,510 Chambersburg $82,550 Detroit $82,100 Lexington Park $81,890 Vineland $81,410 Philadelphia $79,870 Utica $79,590 Binghamton $79,030 Lancaster $78,710 Allentown $78,250 Kalamazoo $78,080 Monroe $77,970 Reading $77,430 Lansing $77,320 Bakersfield $77,070 Jacksonville $77,050 Buffalo $76,750 Saginaw $76,200 Syracuse $75,930 Eugene $75,250 Salem $75,130 Virginia Beach $75,090 Elmira $74,900 Midland $74,470 Pittsburgh $74,260 Sarasota $74,160 Ithaca $73,070 Rockford $73,060 Naples $72,550 Grand Rapids $72,520 Niles $72,420 Flint $72,190 Glens Falls $72,080 Austin $71,910 Springfield $71,860 Ann Arbor $71,070 Muskegon $70,600 Decatur $69,970 Harrisburg $69,960 Watertown $69,840 Rochester $69,120 Scranton $69,100 Houston $68,940 Indianapolis $68,910 Staunton $68,810 Dallas $68,300 Williamsport $68,270 Louisville $68,120 Dover $67,770 Miami $67,650 Bloomington $67,430 Waco $67,330 McAllen $67,150 Lafayette $67,000 Harrisonburg $66,830 Albany $66,690 Erie $66,260 Altoona $66,250 Michigan City $66,130 Sherman $66,130 Champaign $65,200 Winchester $65,070 El Paso $64,890 Kankakee $64,890 Charlottesville $64,880 Tyler $64,330 Lexington $64,150 Corpus Christi $63,810 Johnstown $63,370 Owensboro $63,030 Brownsville $62,910 Evansville $62,780 Richmond $62,700 Hagerstown $62,470 Peoria $62,210 Beaumont $62,070 Blacksburg $62,050 San Antonio $62,040 Tampa $61,610 Amarillo $61,550 Fort Wayne $61,390 Wheeling $61,260 Roanoke $61,080 Killeen $60,890 Laredo $60,640 Elizabethtown $60,550 Bowling Green $60,210 College Station $60,190 Orlando $59,910 Wichita Falls $59,630 Fort Myers $59,460 Kokomo $59,430 Paducah $59,030 Weirton $58,980 Crestview $58,490 Terre Haute $58,190 South Bend $58,080 Lynchburg $57,890 Huntington $57,780 Abilene $57,440 Port St. Lucie $56,880 Lakeland $55,960 Tallahassee $55,600 Lubbock $55,450 Gainesville $55,310 San Angelo $55,270 Longview $54,980 Pensacola $54,880 Panama City $54,730 Charleston $54,280 Texarkana $53,370
CityMean salaryvs. Seattle
Abilene, Texas$57,440-43.6%
Albany, Oregon$66,690-34.5%
Albany, New York$83,510-18.0%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$78,250-23.2%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$66,250-35.0%
Amarillo, Texas$61,550-39.6%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$71,070-30.2%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$85,940-15.6%
Austin, Texas$71,910-29.4%
Bakersfield, California$77,070-24.3%
Baltimore, Maryland$92,190-9.5%
Beaumont, Texas$62,070-39.1%
Bellingham, Washington$99,820-2.0%
Bend, Oregon$84,300-17.2%
Binghamton, New York$79,030-22.4%
Blacksburg, Virginia$62,050-39.1%
Bloomington, Illinois$67,430-33.8%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$60,210-40.9%
Bremerton, Washington$102,410+0.5%
Brownsville, Texas$62,910-38.2%
Buffalo, New York$76,750-24.7%
Fort Myers, Florida$59,460-41.6%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$82,550-19.0%
Champaign, Illinois$65,200-36.0%
Charleston, West Virginia$54,280-46.7%
Charlottesville, Virginia$64,880-36.3%
Chicago, Illinois$91,740-9.9%
College Station, Texas$60,190-40.9%
Corpus Christi, Texas$63,810-37.4%
Crestview, Florida$58,490-42.6%
Dallas, Texas$68,300-32.9%
Decatur, Illinois$69,970-31.3%
Detroit, Michigan$82,100-19.4%
Dover, Delaware$67,770-33.5%
El Centro, California$91,860-9.8%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$60,550-40.6%
Elmira, New York$74,900-26.5%
El Paso, Texas$64,890-36.3%
Erie, Pennsylvania$66,260-34.9%
Eugene, Oregon$75,250-26.1%
Evansville, Indiana$62,780-38.4%
Flint, Michigan$72,190-29.1%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$61,390-39.7%
Fresno, California$100,150-1.7%
Gainesville, Florida$55,310-45.7%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$90,900-10.8%
Glens Falls, New York$72,080-29.2%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$72,520-28.8%
Hagerstown, Maryland$62,470-38.7%
Hanford, California$84,500-17.0%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$69,960-31.3%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$66,830-34.4%
Houston, Texas$68,940-32.3%
Huntington, West Virginia$57,780-43.3%
Indianapolis, Indiana$68,910-32.3%
Ithaca, New York$73,070-28.3%
Jacksonville, Florida$77,050-24.4%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$63,370-37.8%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$78,080-23.3%
Kankakee, Illinois$64,890-36.3%
Kennewick, Washington$93,650-8.1%
Killeen, Texas$60,890-40.2%
Kingston, New York$93,650-8.1%
Kiryas Joel, New York$92,930-8.8%
Kokomo, Indiana$59,430-41.7%
Lafayette, Indiana$67,000-34.2%
Lakeland, Florida$55,960-45.1%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$78,710-22.7%
Lansing, Michigan$77,320-24.1%
Laredo, Texas$60,640-40.5%
Lexington, Kentucky$64,150-37.0%
Lexington Park, Maryland$81,890-19.6%
Longview, Texas$54,980-46.0%
Longview, Washington$87,850-13.8%
Los Angeles, California$100,710-1.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$68,120-33.1%
Lubbock, Texas$55,450-45.6%
Lynchburg, Virginia$57,890-43.2%
McAllen, Texas$67,150-34.1%
Merced, California$96,010-5.7%
Miami, Florida$67,650-33.6%
Michigan City, Indiana$66,130-35.1%
Midland, Texas$74,470-26.9%
Modesto, California$97,500-4.3%
Monroe, Michigan$77,970-23.5%
Mount Vernon, Washington$105,910+4.0%
Muskegon, Michigan$70,600-30.7%
Naples, Florida$72,550-28.8%
New York, New York$102,040+0.2%
Niles, Michigan$72,420-28.9%
Sarasota, Florida$74,160-27.2%
Olympia, Washington$93,930-7.8%
Orlando, Florida$59,910-41.2%
Owensboro, Kentucky$63,030-38.1%
Oxnard, California$104,450+2.5%
Paducah, Kentucky$59,030-42.0%
Panama City, Florida$54,730-46.3%
Pensacola, Florida$54,880-46.1%
Peoria, Illinois$62,210-38.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$79,870-21.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$74,260-27.1%
Portland, Oregon$84,490-17.1%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$56,880-44.2%
Reading, Pennsylvania$77,430-24.0%
Richmond, Virginia$62,700-38.4%
Riverside, California$105,440+3.5%
Roanoke, Virginia$61,080-40.0%
Rochester, New York$69,120-32.1%
Rockford, Illinois$73,060-28.3%
Sacramento, California$96,740-5.0%
Saginaw, Michigan$76,200-25.2%
Salem, Oregon$75,130-26.2%
Salinas, California$96,220-5.5%
San Angelo, Texas$55,270-45.7%
San Antonio, Texas$62,040-39.1%
San Diego, California$121,230+19.0%
San Francisco, California$106,980+5.0%
San Jose, California$110,740+8.7%
Santa Cruz, California$94,940-6.8%
Santa Rosa, California$96,630-5.1%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$69,100-32.2%
Sherman, Texas$66,130-35.1%
South Bend, Indiana$58,080-43.0%
Spokane, Washington$90,390-11.3%
Springfield, Illinois$71,860-29.5%
Staunton, Virginia$68,810-32.4%
Stockton, California$92,820-8.9%
Syracuse, New York$75,930-25.5%
Tallahassee, Florida$55,600-45.4%
Tampa, Florida$61,610-39.5%
Terre Haute, Indiana$58,190-42.9%
Texarkana, Texas$53,370-47.6%
Trenton, New Jersey$83,830-17.7%
Tyler, Texas$64,330-36.8%
Utica, New York$79,590-21.9%
Vallejo, California$94,950-6.8%
Vineland, New Jersey$81,410-20.1%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$75,090-26.3%
Waco, Texas$67,330-33.9%
Watertown, New York$69,840-31.4%
Weirton, West Virginia$58,980-42.1%
Wenatchee, Washington$87,140-14.5%
Wheeling, West Virginia$61,260-39.9%
Wichita Falls, Texas$59,630-41.5%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$68,270-33.0%
Winchester, Virginia$65,070-36.1%
Yakima, Washington$90,200-11.4%
York, Pennsylvania$86,910-14.7%
Yuba City, California$93,810-7.9%
Gross salary
101,860/yr
Estimated take-home
80,489/yr
Est. total withheld
21.0%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Washington has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 25-2058 SOC code
Official area Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 42660 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: wa_dor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
TacomaBellevue
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Population (metro area)
4,021,467