How much do Special Education Teachers, Preschool make in Dover, DE?

Percentile spread

For Special Education Teachers, Preschool, the published 10th percentile is $46,600 and the 90th percentile is $59,400. The difference is $12,800, which is 21.5% 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 $54,630 to the 75th at $59,400, covers $4,770.

The mean annual wage is $56,070, which sits below the median of $59,400. 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 Dover, DE median is 8.4% lower than the national median of $64,830 for Special Education Teachers, Preschool. In 2024 national prices the local median is $60,919, which is 6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.3% higher than the Delaware median of $59,250.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dover, DE is 97.507, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,400 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Special Education Teachers, Preschool at $60,919 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Special Education Teachers, Preschool. Dover, DE ranks 10th of 10 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).).

• Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ is 43 miles away, with a median of $82,390 and employment of 40. That median is 38.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $83,343, against $60,919 here.
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 56 miles away, with a median of $79,560 and employment of 510. That median is 33.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,579, against $60,919 here.
• Trenton-Princeton, NJ is 92 miles away, with a median of $75,420 and employment of 50. That median is 27% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $73,096, against $60,919 here.

Employment share

Special Education Teachers, Preschool accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Dover, DE (50 of 68,080). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (29,510 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.87 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.