Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
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Secondary School Special Ed Teachers
Secondary School Special Ed Teachers teach secondary school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Secondary School Special Education Teachers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $41,270 to $49,940 per year. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Secondary School Special Education Teachers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
| Level | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Highest (Top 10%) | $* | $101,050 |
| Senior (Top 25%) | $* | $80,210 |
| Middle (Mid 50%) | $* | $62,320 |
| Junior (Bottom 25%) | $* | $49,940 |
| No experience (Bottom 10%) | $* | $41,270 |
Highest paying states
| State | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| NY | $* | $84,370 |
| DC | $* | $82,440 |
| MD | $* | $82,280 |
| CA | $* | $82,250 |
| OR | $* | $82,250 |
| RI | $* | $80,490 |
| MA | $* | $79,510 |
| CT | $* | $78,610 |
| NJ | $* | $78,090 |
| AK | $* | $77,060 |
* Secondary School Special Education Teachers are generally paid on an annual basis not hourly.
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Secondary School Special Education Teacher is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like NY doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at NY might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Secondary Special Ed Teachers are in the states of NY, DC, MD, CA and OR.
Highest paying industries
| Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| Elementary and Secondary Schools | $66790 | $* |
| State Government | $66750 | $* |
| Other Residential Care Facilities | $63810 | $* |
| Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals | $62290 | $* |
| Local Government | $59090 | $* |
| Individual and Family Services | $57240 | $* |
| Educational Support Services | $52360 | $* |
| Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities | $50910 | $* |
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