Secondary School Special Ed Teacher Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 138,000 jobs for secondary school special ed teachers in the US. The unemployment ranking for this career was very low, compared to other occupations. About 2% of employees were without employment in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Employees are most common in Monroe (Louisiana), Shreveport (Louisiana), and Logan (Utah), and least common in Salem (Oregon), Salt Lake City (Utah), and Phoenix (Arizona).

Secondary school special ed teachers are paid the most in Nassau (New York), Washington (District of Columbia), and Bridgeport (Connecticut), and the least in Provo (Utah), Iowa City (Iowa), and Logan (Utah).

Training and Education

Most workers have a bachelor's degree. Approximately 87% of employees have a bachelor's degree. About 8% of secondary school special ed teachers have been to college without getting a degree. About 5% of workers obtain jobs with only a high-school diploma or GED. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Among secondary school special ed teachers, 10% work less than full-time.

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Secondary School Special Ed Teachers Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of secondary school special ed teachers compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for secondary school special ed teachers.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$49,000	290
Montgomery	$40,000	150
Dothan	$45,000	70
Florence	$40,000	50
Tuscaloosa	$43,000	40
Auburn	$44,000	30

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$45,000	470
Tucson	$43,000	270
Flagstaff	$49,000	60
Yuma	$48,000	60
Prescott	$52,000	30

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$50,000	380
Fort Smith	$46,000	120
Jonesboro	$44,000	60
Hot Springs	$43,000	30
Pine Bluff	$42,000	30

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Riverside	$59,000	1,150
Santa Ana	$71,000	820
San Diego	$72,000	810
Oakland	$68,000	740
Sacramento	$62,000	590
San Jose	$66,000	510
San Francisco	$57,000	360
Modesto	$70,000	320
Oxnard	$64,000	300
Vallejo	$62,000	280
Fresno	$51,000	270
Stockton	$63,000	220
Santa Barbara	$61,000	180
El Centro	$73,000	140
Visalia	$76,000	120
Santa Cruz	$68,000	90
Santa Rosa	$68,000	90
San Luis Obispo	$51,000	70
Chico	$64,000	40
Merced		30

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$56,000	740
Colorado Springs	$46,000	230
Greeley	$46,000	60

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Bridgeport	$74,000	820
Hartford	$69,000	620
New Haven	$62,000	400
Norwich	$63,000	250
Waterbury	$70,000	130
Danbury	$63,000	60

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$61,000	290

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$78,000	3,230

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jacksonville	$52,000	930
Orlando	$46,000	880
Tampa	$54,000	730
Tallahassee	$50,000	110

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$54,000	4,090
Augusta	$51,000	300
Valdosta	$48,000	210
Albany	$48,000	30

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$73,000	2,570
Peoria	$47,000	150
Bloomington	$49,000	120
Rockford	$52,000	120
Champaign	$48,000	90
Kankakee	$49,000	60

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$53,000	550
Gary	$49,000	260
Fort Wayne	$47,000	160
South Bend	$48,000	100
Evansville	$47,000	80
Anderson	$48,000	70
Terre Haute	$50,000	70
Elkhart	$50,000	60
Bloomington	$48,000	40
Michigan City	$54,000	30

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cedar Rapids	$41,000	350
Des Moines	$45,000	280
Waterloo	$42,000	230
Davenport	$46,000	200
Sioux City	$40,000	100
Iowa City	$34,000	60

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Topeka	$56,000	170
Wichita	$45,000	140
Lawrence	$45,000	70

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$51,000	660
Lexington	$47,000	160
Owensboro	$48,000	80

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New Orleans	$48,000	1,640
Baton Rouge	$45,000	1,400
Shreveport	$47,000	780
Monroe	$44,000	350

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$47,000	250
Bangor	$45,000	70
Lewiston	$42,000	60

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$60,000	1,410
Bethesda	$61,000	640
Hagerstown	$42,000	110
Salisbury	$55,000	60

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$60,000	1,860
Springfield	$53,000	530
Worcester	$57,000	480
Barnstable Town	$52,000	180
Lowell	$59,000	160
Framingham	$60,000	150
New Bedford	$63,000	140
Haverhill	$54,000	100
Leominster	$58,000	90
Brockton	$61,000	70
Pittsfield	$56,000	60
Taunton	$61,000	40

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Detroit	$46,000	700
Warren	$65,000	610
Grand Rapids	$55,000	430
Flint	$66,000	280
Lansing	$56,000	190
Muskegon	$57,000	110
Kalamazoo	$52,000	70
Ann Arbor	$55,000	60
Holland	$62,000	60
Jackson	$45,000	50
Battle Creek	$56,000	40
Niles	$51,000	30

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$55,000	2,550
St Cloud	$55,000	140
Duluth	$49,000	140
Rochester	$48,000	110

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$46,000	150
Gulfport	$48,000	70
Hattiesburg	$42,000	50
Pascagoula	$48,000	40

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$55,000	2,610
Kansas City	$48,000	1,080
Springfield	$41,000	220
Jefferson City	$41,000	120
Joplin	$39,000	90
Columbia	$38,000	70
St Joseph	$39,000	60

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Billings	$43,000	80
Great Falls	$42,000	50

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$46,000	360
Lincoln	$46,000	190

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashua	$50,000	120
Manchester	$49,000	70
Rochester	$50,000	30

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Edison	$62,000	1,400
Newark	$69,000	1,130
Camden	$61,000	900
Trenton	$70,000	330
Atlantic City	$62,000	180

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$50,000	400
Las Cruces	$54,000	150
Farmington	$48,000	80

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$72,000	7,890
Nassau	$86,000	2,740
Rochester	$57,000	1,250
Albany	$59,000	740
Buffalo	$63,000	710
Syracuse	$60,000	600
Poughkeepsie	$67,000	540
Utica	$57,000	200
Binghamton	$58,000	160
Kingston	$69,000	150
Glens Falls	$57,000	110
Ithaca	$61,000	80
Elmira	$52,000	60

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charlotte	$46,000	420
Raleigh	$47,000	420
Greensboro	$40,000	320
Fayetteville	$40,000	260
Winston Salem	$42,000	250
Asheville	$45,000	170
Durham	$46,000	140
Hickory	$46,000	130
Rocky Mount	$40,000	60
Greenville	$44,000	40

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fargo	$54,000	120
Grand Forks	$50,000	60
Bismarck	$49,000	40

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cleveland	$62,000	2,370
Cincinnati	$54,000	1,750
Columbus	$58,000	1,620
Dayton	$54,000	830
Akron	$54,000	730
Youngstown	$49,000	680
Toledo	$48,000	600
Canton	$52,000	390
Mansfield	$47,000	140
Sandusky	$50,000	110
Lima	$47,000	60
Springfield	$55,000	40

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tulsa	$46,000	410
Oklahoma City	$43,000	230

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$54,000	960
Eugene	$54,000	90
Bend	$47,000	60
Medford	$54,000	60
Salem	$56,000	50

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$57,000	2,030
Pittsburgh	$58,000	1,040
Allentown	$57,000	590
Harrisburg	$50,000	310
Lancaster	$54,000	250
Reading	$56,000	230
Scranton	$51,000	230
York	$55,000	180
Erie	$54,000	140
Johnstown	$48,000	70
Lebanon	$50,000	50
Williamsport	$56,000	40
State College	$55,000	40
Altoona	$51,000	40

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$66,000	690

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$38,000	260
Columbia	$48,000	210
Spartanburg	$53,000	80

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$37,000	110
Rapid City	$42,000	70

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Memphis	$43,000	1,280
Nashville	$44,000	550
Knoxville	$44,000	190
Chattanooga	$43,000	190
Kingsport	$42,000	100
Johnson City	$45,000	90
Clarksville	$51,000	80
Cleveland	$42,000	60
Jackson	$47,000	50
Morristown	$43,000	50

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Dallas	$50,000	1,460
Houston	$48,000	970
San Antonio	$48,000	540
Fort Worth	$49,000	480
Austin	$43,000	290
El Paso	$48,000	220
Corpus Christi	$43,000	190
Beaumont	$45,000	150
Mcallen	$48,000	140
Lubbock		100
Waco	$43,000	80
College Station	$41,000	80
Longview	$43,000	70
Abilene	$41,000	60
Killeen	$43,000	50
Wichita Falls	$43,000	40
Sherman	$42,000	40

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$42,000	210
Logan	$32,000	170
Ogden	$46,000	120
Provo	$36,000	110

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$50,000	170

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$49,000	930
Richmond	$52,000	620
Winchester	$47,000	190
Charlottesville	$51,000	100
Roanoke	$44,000	100
Blacksburg	$50,000	80
Lynchburg	$45,000	70
Danville		50

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$54,000	710
Tacoma	$55,000	190
Spokane	$51,000	150
Olympia	$52,000	70
Kennewick	$53,000	50
Bremerton	$55,000	50
Bellingham	$47,000	50
Longview	$59,000	30

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$36,000	330
Huntington	$45,000	170
Wheeling	$40,000	100
Parkersburg	$48,000	90
Weirton	$46,000	60

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$61,000	360
Madison	$52,000	330
Green Bay	$59,000	160
Appleton	$53,000	150
Eau Claire	$49,000	140
Sheboygan	$50,000	90
Janesville	$49,000	80
Oshkosh	$50,000	70
Fond	$53,000	30

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