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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2022
25-2052 Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School
This occupation includes the 2018 SOC occupations 25-2055 Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and 25-2056 Special Education Teachers, Elementary School.
National estimates for Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School
Industry profile for Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School
Geographic profile for Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School
National estimates for Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Mean wage
RSE (3) |
| 195,010 |
1.3 % |
(4) |
$ 68,580 |
0.7 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 45,730 |
$ 50,450 |
$ 62,390 |
$ 79,580 |
$ 101,100 |
(4)
Industry profile for Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School are provided.
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Industries with the highest levels of employment in Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School:
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School:
Top paying industries for Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School:
Geographic profile for Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School are provided.
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States with the highest employment level in Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York |
18,010 |
1.98 |
1.50 |
(4) |
$ 86,920 |
| California |
17,710 |
1.00 |
0.76 |
(4) |
$ 86,440 |
| Texas |
15,990 |
1.23 |
0.93 |
(4) |
$ 60,870 |
| Illinois |
12,060 |
2.05 |
1.55 |
(4) |
$ 72,270 |
| New Jersey |
11,160 |
2.71 |
2.06 |
(4) |
$ 73,640 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| West Virginia |
3,030 |
4.47 |
3.39 |
(4) |
$ 49,360 |
| New Jersey |
11,160 |
2.71 |
2.06 |
(4) |
$ 73,640 |
| Delaware |
1,140 |
2.50 |
1.90 |
(4) |
$ 66,110 |
| Louisiana |
4,450 |
2.41 |
1.82 |
(4) |
$ 51,900 |
| New Hampshire |
1,380 |
2.09 |
1.58 |
(4) |
$ 63,940 |
Top paying states for Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York |
18,010 |
1.98 |
1.50 |
(4) |
$ 86,920 |
| California |
17,710 |
1.00 |
0.76 |
(4) |
$ 86,440 |
| Oregon |
1,580 |
0.84 |
0.63 |
(4) |
$ 85,990 |
| Washington |
3,330 |
0.98 |
0.74 |
(4) |
$ 83,460 |
| Massachusetts |
5,580 |
1.56 |
1.19 |
(4) |
$ 82,230 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
19,830 |
2.16 |
1.64 |
(4) |
$ 87,860 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
9,820 |
2.22 |
1.69 |
(4) |
$ 74,670 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
6,180 |
1.01 |
0.77 |
(4) |
$ 87,320 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
4,940 |
1.78 |
1.35 |
(4) |
$ 69,820 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
4,750 |
1.57 |
1.19 |
(4) |
$ 80,220 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
4,570 |
1.20 |
0.91 |
(4) |
$ 61,740 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
4,390 |
1.61 |
1.22 |
(4) |
$ 71,990 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
3,420 |
1.26 |
0.96 |
(4) |
$ 86,470 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
3,390 |
1.11 |
0.84 |
(4) |
$ 63,810 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
2,740 |
1.68 |
1.27 |
(4) |
$ 90,680 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Leominster-Gardner, MA |
240 |
4.82 |
3.66 |
(4) |
$ 71,850 |
| Beckley, WV |
180 |
4.49 |
3.41 |
(4) |
$ 45,980 |
| Dover, DE |
270 |
4.15 |
3.15 |
(4) |
$ 64,600 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH |
520 |
4.05 |
3.07 |
(4) |
$ 49,530 |
| Elmira, NY |
130 |
3.90 |
2.96 |
(4) |
$ 61,350 |
| Springfield, MA-CT |
1,170 |
3.68 |
2.79 |
(4) |
$ 73,440 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH |
130 |
3.64 |
2.76 |
(4) |
$ 55,730 |
| Kingston, NY |
200 |
3.59 |
2.72 |
(4) |
$ 84,210 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV |
360 |
3.58 |
2.72 |
(4) |
$ 55,670 |
| Carbondale-Marion, IL |
180 |
3.49 |
2.65 |
(4) |
$ 64,340 |
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