Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018
25-2054 Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
Teach secondary school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired. Substitute teachers are included in "Teachers and Instructors, All Other" (25-3099).
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation: Top
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Mean wage
RSE (3) |
| 142,360 |
1.6 % |
(4) |
$65,320 |
1.0 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$40,560 |
$48,630 |
$60,600 |
$77,820 |
$98,290 |
(4)
Industry profile for this occupation: Top
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
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Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Elementary and Secondary Schools |
136,670 |
1.60 |
(4) |
$65,650 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
1,280 |
0.06 |
(4) |
$63,040 |
| Educational Support Services |
1,020 |
0.56 |
(4) |
$61,100 |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
1,010 |
0.02 |
(4) |
$59,760 |
| Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities |
700 |
0.11 |
(4) |
$47,590 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
Top paying industries for this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Elementary and Secondary Schools |
136,670 |
1.60 |
(4) |
$65,650 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
1,280 |
0.06 |
(4) |
$63,040 |
| Other Schools and Instruction |
50 |
0.01 |
(4) |
$61,350 |
| Educational Support Services |
1,020 |
0.56 |
(4) |
$61,100 |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
1,010 |
0.02 |
(4) |
$59,760 |
Geographic profile for this occupation: Top
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
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States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York |
17,420 |
1.86 |
1.89 |
(4) |
$86,330 |
| Texas |
12,970 |
1.07 |
1.09 |
(4) |
$58,570 |
| California |
10,520 |
0.62 |
0.63 |
(4) |
$82,380 |
| Pennsylvania |
8,510 |
1.46 |
1.48 |
(4) |
$63,260 |
| Illinois |
8,440 |
1.41 |
1.43 |
(4) |
$69,840 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
Top paying States for this occupation:
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
16,410 |
1.73 |
1.76 |
(4) |
$89,350 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
6,340 |
1.37 |
1.39 |
(4) |
$72,950 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
4,450 |
1.56 |
1.59 |
(4) |
$69,510 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
4,120 |
0.67 |
0.68 |
(4) |
$84,880 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
3,510 |
1.18 |
1.20 |
(4) |
$61,430 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
3,200 |
1.64 |
1.66 |
(4) |
$64,590 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
3,110 |
1.13 |
1.15 |
(4) |
$76,350 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
2,810 |
0.79 |
0.80 |
(4) |
$60,430 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
2,400 |
0.77 |
0.78 |
(4) |
$72,110 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
1,960 |
0.73 |
0.74 |
(4) |
$58,610 |
United States Department of Labor
