How much do Special Education Teachers, Secondary School make in Mayaguez, PR?

Percentile spread

For Special Education Teachers, Secondary School, the published 10th percentile is $51,700 and the 90th percentile is $59,300. The difference is $7,600, which is 13.2% 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 $51,800 to the 75th at $58,770, covers $6,970.

The mean annual wage is $56,880, which sits below the median of $57,360. 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 Mayaguez, PR median is 22.8% lower than the national median of $74,260 for Special Education Teachers, Secondary School.

It is 1.2% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $58,080.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Mayaguez, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Special Education Teachers, Secondary School. Mayaguez, PR ranks 6th of 6 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).).

• Aguadilla, PR is 26 miles away, with a median of $59,120 and employment of 120. That median is 3.1% higher than the median here.
• Ponce, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $58,970 and employment of 140. That median is 2.8% higher than the median here.
• Arecibo, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $58,030 and employment of 150. That median is 1.2% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Special Education Teachers, Secondary School accounts for 0.19% of wage-and-salary employment in Mayaguez, PR (100 of 52,110). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (163,930 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.82 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.