Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
United States. Estimated employment 163,930, with pages for 7 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 25-2058
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$74,260 · 50th
$49,80010th
$60,18025th
$74,26050th
$93,73075th
$109,10090th
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, Secondary School page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $100,430 | 14,700 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $94,130 | 560 |
| Albany, NY | $82,220 | 740 |
| Kingston, NY | $82,120 | 170 |
| Binghamton, NY | $77,550 | 160 |
| Syracuse, NY | $77,430 | 640 |
| Utica, NY | $77,210 | 270 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 163,930 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 25-2058, Special Education Teachers, Secondary School. Mapped to our taxonomy as special-education-teachers-secondary-school.
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