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Average Special Education Teachers, All Other Salary in Michigan

Special Education Teachers, All Other in Michigan earn a median annual salary of $78,540, which is +2.6% compared to the national median. There are 3,320 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Michigan (state).

$78,540
Michigan median annual wage
+2.6%
Difference vs national median
National median is $76,580
3,320
Local employment
0.8 jobs per 1,000 workers
3.45
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$49,500
25th
$62,060
Median
$78,540
75th
$85,470
90th
$101,330

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Michigan, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
96.2%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$81,628
Goods: 96.0%
Services: 100.2%
Rents: 82.3%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
California $103,050 Compare 8,920
New Mexico $86,520 Compare 100
Delaware $85,040 Compare 50
Oregon $82,240 Compare 820
Rhode Island $80,080 Compare 110
Colorado $79,290 Compare 180

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Michigan

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Radiologists $485,920 0.48
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers $428,570 N/A
Cardiologists $419,030 0.69
Emergency Medicine Physicians $417,760 0.98
Dermatologists $414,910 N/A
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric $413,450 0.50
Surgeons, All Other $412,460 0.62
Orthodontists $357,090 0.78

Michigan has salary data for 786 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Radiologists.

Historical series

Trend for Special Education Teachers, All Other in Michigan

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Special Education Teachers, All Other are projected to change by +1.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 2,900 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.