Special Education Teachers, All Other Salary — San Jose, California

The average Special Education Teachers, All Other in San Jose, California earns $91,840 a year.

$91,840 / year, mean
↑ 12.1% above national average 21th percentile in California

San Jose pays below most of California for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's a solid premium over the national average for special education teachers, all other. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a reasonably reliable estimate, though the underlying sample is moderate in size.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
420
Estimate confidence
RSE 11.0%
Cost of living 110 #9 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $1,610,466 #1 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $157,444 #1 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: San Jose ranks #9 for cost of living and #1 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Vallejo $108,010 Salinas $107,370 Los Angeles $106,570 Santa Maria $105,090 Visalia $104,710 Santa Rosa $104,450 San Luis Obispo $104,080 Riverside $102,850 Portland $101,340 San Diego $100,810 Modesto $100,130 Yuba City $97,430 San Francisco $95,910 Merced $95,730 Fresno $92,960 Oxnard $91,880 San Jose $91,840 Sacramento $90,170 Bend $87,610 Syracuse $87,390 Baltimore $83,510 Lexington Park $82,980 Stockton $82,490 Salem $80,550 Pensacola $80,540 Jackson $80,060 Battle Creek $79,960 Kiryas Joel $78,840 Atlantic City $78,690 New York $78,580 Medford $78,550 Ann Arbor $77,720 Detroit $77,660 Santa Cruz $77,340 Eugene $76,510 Chicago $75,040 Salisbury $74,970 Monroe $74,760 Saginaw $74,680 Philadelphia $74,580 Midland $74,520 Flint $74,260 Seattle $74,250 Lansing $74,130 Louisville $74,020 Miami $73,640 Lexington $73,160 Rochester $72,880 Tampa $72,750 Jacksonville $72,260 Grand Rapids $72,240 Trenton $71,890 Virginia Beach $71,150 Richmond $71,120 Austin $70,830 Muskegon $70,370 Pittsburgh $67,120 Albany $66,850 Hagerstown $65,450 Dallas $64,320 Houston $62,900 San Antonio $62,690 Champaign $62,210 Buffalo $60,360 Orlando $58,280 Springfield $57,320 Peoria $55,740 Huntington $46,500 Charleston $40,140
CityMean salaryvs. San Jose
Albany, New York$66,850-27.2%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$77,720-15.4%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$78,690-14.3%
Austin, Texas$70,830-22.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$83,510-9.1%
Battle Creek, Michigan$79,960-12.9%
Bend, Oregon$87,610-4.6%
Buffalo, New York$60,360-34.3%
Champaign, Illinois$62,210-32.3%
Charleston, West Virginia$40,140-56.3%
Chicago, Illinois$75,040-18.3%
Dallas, Texas$64,320-30.0%
Detroit, Michigan$77,660-15.4%
Eugene, Oregon$76,510-16.7%
Flint, Michigan$74,260-19.1%
Fresno, California$92,960+1.2%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$72,240-21.3%
Hagerstown, Maryland$65,450-28.7%
Houston, Texas$62,900-31.5%
Huntington, West Virginia$46,500-49.4%
Jackson, Michigan$80,060-12.8%
Jacksonville, Florida$72,260-21.3%
Kiryas Joel, New York$78,840-14.2%
Lansing, Michigan$74,130-19.3%
Lexington, Kentucky$73,160-20.3%
Lexington Park, Maryland$82,980-9.6%
Los Angeles, California$106,570+16.0%
Louisville, Kentucky$74,020-19.4%
Medford, Oregon$78,550-14.5%
Merced, California$95,730+4.2%
Miami, Florida$73,640-19.8%
Midland, Michigan$74,520-18.9%
Modesto, California$100,130+9.0%
Monroe, Michigan$74,760-18.6%
Muskegon, Michigan$70,370-23.4%
New York, New York$78,580-14.4%
Orlando, Florida$58,280-36.5%
Oxnard, California$91,880+0.0%
Pensacola, Florida$80,540-12.3%
Peoria, Illinois$55,740-39.3%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$74,580-18.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$67,120-26.9%
Portland, Oregon$101,340+10.3%
Richmond, Virginia$71,120-22.6%
Riverside, California$102,850+12.0%
Rochester, New York$72,880-20.6%
Sacramento, California$90,170-1.8%
Saginaw, Michigan$74,680-18.7%
Salem, Oregon$80,550-12.3%
Salinas, California$107,370+16.9%
Salisbury, Maryland$74,970-18.4%
San Antonio, Texas$62,690-31.7%
San Diego, California$100,810+9.8%
San Francisco, California$95,910+4.4%
San Luis Obispo, California$104,080+13.3%
Santa Cruz, California$77,340-15.8%
Santa Maria, California$105,090+14.4%
Santa Rosa, California$104,450+13.7%
Seattle, Washington$74,250-19.2%
Springfield, Illinois$57,320-37.6%
Stockton, California$82,490-10.2%
Syracuse, New York$87,390-4.8%
Tampa, Florida$72,750-20.8%
Trenton, New Jersey$71,890-21.7%
Vallejo, California$108,010+17.6%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$71,150-22.5%
Visalia, California$104,710+14.0%
Yuba City, California$97,430+6.1%
Gross salary
91,840/yr
Estimated take-home
68,990/yr
Est. total withheld
24.9%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for San Jose

These notes add local color around San Jose, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 25-2059 SOC code
Official area San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 41940 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
SunnyvaleSanta Clara
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

On this page

Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
1,969,353