Special Education Teachers, All Other salarymedian $76,580 · percentiles · top pay · projected pay in 10 years
Special Education Teachers, All Other salary
The median annual wage for special education teachers, all other is $76,580 (BLS OEWS May 2025; BLS Employment Projections 2025–35, national). The lowest 10 percent earn less than $48,440 and the highest 10 percent earn more than $120,080. The mean annual wage is $79,750.
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Pay by percentile
Annual wage percentiles from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Percentiles are a good proxy for pay by experience.
Projected pay for Special Education Teachers, All Other (3, 5 and 10 years)est.
Today $76,580 → in 3 years $83,900 → in 5 years $89,100 → in 10 years $103,700 (10-year range $89,200–$120,400). The model assumes pay growth of +3.1% per year.
What drives the annual growth rate
Projected pay = current pay × (1 + annual growth)^years. The annual growth rate starts from a base wage-growth rate and adds or subtracts labor demand (BLS projected employment growth), wage momentum and AI replacement risk for each occupation. Projections are not guarantees. How it is calculated →
The same job in Japan
| Special Education Teachers, All Other United States | 特別支援学校教員、特別支援学級教員 Japan | |
|---|---|---|
| Median / average pay | $76,580 | ¥5.03M ≈ $31,959 |
| Pay in 10 years (est.) | $103,700 | ¥6.27M |
| Outlook score | 52 | 54 |
| AI replacement risk | 25% Low | 16% Very low |
| Workers | 34K | — |
Matched by occupation (SOC code). Yen converted at 157.25 JPY/USD for reference; Japanese figures are averages, U.S. figures are medians, and the surveys define occupations differently.