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Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School pay in Boulder, CO and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School is $80,920 per year in Boulder, CO. It is $105,290 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Boulder, CO is 23.1% below San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-2052 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 280 wage and salary jobs in Boulder, CO and 3,440 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings