Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School
United States. Estimated employment 260,870, with pages for 23 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 25-2052
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$65,120 · 50th
$49,35010th
$59,71025th
$65,12050th
$80,28075th
$103,01090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $91,610 | 22,270 |
| Kingston, NY | $81,540 | 170 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $80,730 | 640 |
| Chicago, IL | $79,690 | 11,210 |
| Springfield, IL | $77,430 | 150 |
| Albany, NY | $77,210 | 710 |
| Syracuse, NY | $75,690 | 560 |
| Rockford, IL | $72,910 | 300 |
| Buffalo, NY | $71,570 | 1,290 |
| Binghamton, NY | $66,300 | 330 |
| Houston, TX | $65,080 | 12,680 |
| Dallas, TX | $64,830 | 15,810 |
| Utica, NY | $64,280 | 260 |
| Bloomington, IL | $64,250 | 270 |
| El Paso, TX | $64,000 | 2,380 |
| McAllen, TX | $62,600 | 1,530 |
| Champaign, IL | $62,320 | 160 |
| San Antonio, TX | $62,230 | 3,670 |
| Killeen, TX | $62,190 | 700 |
| Laredo, TX | $61,780 | 150 |
| Brownsville, TX | $61,440 | 1,060 |
| Kankakee, IL | $61,420 | 110 |
| Peoria, IL | $61,200 | 290 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 260,870 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 25-2052, Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School. Mapped to our taxonomy as special-education-teachers-kindergarten-and-elementary-school.
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