Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School
Bloomington, IL metropolitan area. Estimated employment 270.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Bloomington earn more.
$64,250 in Bloomington buys what $68,700 buys across the country as a whole.
Bloomington's regional price parity is 93.5 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Illinois
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Bloomington |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | $79,690 | $76,900 | 103.6 | +12.0% |
| Springfield | $77,430 | $83,500 | 92.7 | +21.5% |
| Rockford | $72,910 | $79,100 | 92.2 | +15.2% |
| Decatur | $65,390 | $74,000 | 88.4 | +7.7% |
| Bloomington This page | $64,250 | $68,700 | 93.5 | — |
| Champaign | $62,320 | $67,200 | 92.7 | −2.1% |
| Kankakee | $61,420 | $63,700 | 96.4 | −7.2% |
| Peoria | $61,200 | $67,100 | 91.2 | −2.3% |
Price parity and difference against Bloomington are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 270 employed in this occupation in the metro (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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