SOC 25-2058 · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations · May 2025

How much do Special Education Teachers, Secondary School make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Special Education Teachers, Secondary School in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $57,460. The 10th percentile is $50,620 and the 90th percentile is $60,880. Employment is 1,130.

Median annual wage

$57,460

10th percentile
$50,620
25th percentile
$50,980
Median
$57,460
75th percentile
$58,860
90th percentile
$60,880
Mean
$55,890

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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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Special Education Teachers, Secondary School, the published 10th percentile is $50,620 and the 90th percentile is $60,880. The difference is $10,260, which is 17.9% 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 $50,980 to the 75th at $58,860, covers $7,880.

The mean annual wage is $55,890, which sits below the median of $57,460. 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 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR median is 22.6% lower than the national median of $74,260 for Special Education Teachers, Secondary School.

It is 1.1% 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 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, 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. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 5th 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).).

  • Guayama, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $59,750 and employment of 40. That median is 4% higher than the median here.
  • Ponce, PR is 44 miles away, with a median of $58,970 and employment of 140. That median is 2.6% higher than the median here.
  • Arecibo, PR is 48 miles away, with a median of $58,030 and employment of 150. That median is 1% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Special Education Teachers, Secondary School accounts for 0.16% of wage-and-salary employment in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR (1,130 of 690,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (163,930 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.55 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Special Education Teachers, Secondary School make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Special Education Teachers, Secondary School in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $57,460. The 10th percentile is $50,620 and the 90th percentile is $60,880. Employment is 1,130.

How does that compare with the national median for Special Education Teachers, Secondary School?

The local median is 22.6% lower than the national median of $74,260.

How does San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR compare with nearby metros for Special Education Teachers, Secondary School?

Guayama, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 22 miles away, at $59,750. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 5th of 6 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.