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Special Education Teachers, Secondary School pay in Washington and Wyoming
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Special Education Teachers, Secondary School is $101,120 per year in Washington. It is $62,750 per year in Wyoming. Washington is 61.1% above Wyoming on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-2058 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 2,510 wage and salary jobs in Washington and 350 in Wyoming. 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