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Special Education Teachers, Middle School — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$66,810
United States, 2025
Employment
95,200
United States, 2025
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone 4
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Teach academic, social, and life skills to middle school students with learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Includes teachers who specialize and work with students who are blind or have visual impairments; students who are deaf or have hearing impairments; and students with intellectual disabilities.
- O*NET code
- 25-2057.00
- Job zone
- 4
- Experience required
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
Typical tasks
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
- Develop and implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of handicapping conditions.
- Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
- Instruct students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and self-sufficiency, such as hygiene, safety, and food preparation.
- Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.
- Modify the general education curriculum for students with disabilities, based upon a variety of instructional techniques and instructional technology.
- Employ special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
- Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$49,420
25th percentile
$60,000
75th percentile
$82,800
90th percentile
$102,510
Most important skills
- Instructing4.1
- Learning Strategies4.1
- Speaking4.0
- Reading Comprehension4.0
- Active Listening4.0
- Critical Thinking4.0
- Active Learning4.0
- Monitoring4.0
- Writing4.0
- Social Perceptiveness4.0
- Service Orientation4.0
- Judgment and Decision Making3.8
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 18 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
18
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learning Strategies | 4.1 | 4.3 | Not selected | 4.3 |
| Instructing | 4.1 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 4.0 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Speaking | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Active Listening | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Active Learning | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Monitoring | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Writing | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Time Management | 3.8 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Service Orientation | 4.0 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Coordination | 3.8 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.8 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.4 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Persuasion | 3.0 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Negotiation | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Special Education Teachers, Middle SchoolHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $121,070 | 360 | 2025 |
| Sacramento, CA | $110,850 | 350 | 2025 |
| Fresno, CA | $104,540 | 80 | 2025 |
| Bremerton, WA | $104,450 | 50 | 2025 |
| Olympia, WA | $103,880 | 70 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $103,580 | — | 2025 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $101,560 | 2,030 | 2025 |
| CA | $101,530 | 4,860 | 2025 |
| Bellingham, WA | $101,120 | 50 | 2025 |
| Salinas, CA | $100,840 | 40 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $100,350 | 720 | 2025 |
| WA | $99,520 | 1,550 | 2025 |
| Riverside, CA | $99,190 | 520 | 2025 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $97,980 | 490 | 2025 |
| Bridgeport, CT | $97,360 | 390 | 2025 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $97,000 | — | 2025 |
| Modesto, CA | $96,500 | — | 2025 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $96,210 | 220 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $94,740 | 8,330 | 2025 |
| Kingston, NY | $94,290 | 60 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.