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Special Education Teachers, Middle School pay in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Special Education Teachers, Middle School is $81,570 per year in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT. It is $121,070 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is 32.6% below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-2057 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 150 wage and salary jobs in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT and 360 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, 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.