SOC 25-2059 · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations · May 2025

How much do Special Education Teachers, All Other make in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Special Education Teachers, All Other in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is $88,810. The 10th percentile is $63,450 and the 90th percentile is $117,520. Employment is 500.

Median annual wage

$88,810

10th percentile
$63,450
25th percentile
$79,110
Median
$88,810
75th percentile
$97,970
90th percentile
$117,520
Mean
$90,170

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates. BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly wages are not published.

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Percentile spread

For Special Education Teachers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $63,450 and the 90th percentile is $117,520. The difference is $54,070, which is 60.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $79,110 to the 75th at $97,970, covers $18,860.

The mean annual wage is $90,170, which sits above the median of $88,810. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.

National and state comparison

The Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA median is 16% higher than the national median of $76,580 for Special Education Teachers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $83,257, which is 8.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 13.8% lower than the California median of $103,050.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 106.670, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $88,810 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Special Education Teachers, All Other at $83,257 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

12 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Special Education Teachers, All Other. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA ranks 9th of 13 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Yuba City, CA is 37 miles away, with a median of $100,020 and employment of 70. That median is 12.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $95,958, against $83,257 here.
  • Stockton-Lodi, CA is 61 miles away, with a median of $76,780 and employment of 180. That median is 13.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $73,062, against $83,257 here.
  • Vallejo, CA is 62 miles away, with a median of $110,000 and employment of 110. That median is 23.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $101,402, against $83,257 here.

Employment share

Special Education Teachers, All Other accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA (500 of 1,080,590). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (33,930 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.12 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA · Special Education Teachers, All Other by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Special Education Teachers, All Other make in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Special Education Teachers, All Other in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is $88,810. The 10th percentile is $63,450 and the 90th percentile is $117,520. Employment is 500.

How does that compare with the national median for Special Education Teachers, All Other?

The local median is 16% higher than the national median of $76,580.

What is Special Education Teachers, All Other pay in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 106.670, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $88,810 is $83,257. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA compare with nearby metros for Special Education Teachers, All Other?

Yuba City, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 37 miles away, at $100,020. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA ranks 9th of 13 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.