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Special Education Teachers, Secondary School

Role Overview

Teach academic, social, and life skills to secondary school students with learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Includes teachers who specialize and work with students who are blind or have visual impairments; students who are deaf or have hearing impairments; and students with intellectual disabilities. Excludes “Substitute Teachers, Short-Term” (25-3031).

Salary by State (top paying)

State Median salary
California $101,250
Washington $97,820
District of Columbia $96,880
New York $91,830
Rhode Island $89,460
Massachusetts $82,580
New Jersey $80,360
Maryland $79,370
Oregon $78,980
Alaska $78,850
Connecticut $77,430
Illinois $76,960
Delaware $75,550
Pennsylvania $75,330
Ohio $74,420

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BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), BLS Employment Projections.

Median Annual Salary

$69,590

Projected Growth (10yr)

+-1.6%

Avg. annual openings

11.1k

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