25-2054 Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
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. Substitute teachers are included in "Teachers and Instructors, All Other" (25-3099).
Mean wage
142,360 1.6 % (4) $65,320 1.0 %
Annual Wage (2) $40,560 $48,630 $60,600 $77,820 $98,290
Elementary and Secondary Schools 136,670 1.60 (4) $65,650
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) 1,280 0.06 (4) $63,040
Educational Support Services 1,020 0.56 (4) $61,100
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) 1,010 0.02 (4) $59,760
Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities 700 0.11 (4) $47,590
Other Residential Care Facilities 310 0.19 (4) $54,410
Vocational Rehabilitation Services 280 0.09 (4) $54,800
Other Schools and Instruction 50 0.01 (4) $61,350
New York 17,420 1.86 1.89 (4) $86,330
Texas 12,970 1.07 1.09 (4) $58,570
California 10,520 0.62 0.63 (4) $82,380
Pennsylvania 8,510 1.46 1.48 (4) $63,260
Illinois 8,440 1.41 1.43 (4) $69,840
Minnesota 4,910 1.71 1.74 (4) $62,670
New Jersey 6,290 1.55 1.58 (4) $75,970
Vermont 460 1.52 1.54 (4) $61,990
Louisiana 2,850 1.49 1.51 (4) $51,940
Oregon 780 0.41 0.42 (4) $84,350
Connecticut 1,660 1.00 1.01 (4) $77,520
Alaska 430 1.38 1.40 (4) $77,210
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 16,410 1.73 1.76 (4) $89,350
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 6,340 1.37 1.39 (4) $72,950
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 4,450 1.56 1.59 (4) $69,510
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 4,120 0.67 0.68 (4) $84,880
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 3,510 1.18 1.20 (4) $61,430
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3,200 1.64 1.66 (4) $64,590
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH 3,110 1.13 1.15 (4) $76,350
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2,810 0.79 0.80 (4) $60,430
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2,400 0.77 0.78 (4) $72,110
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 1,960 0.73 0.74 (4) $58,610