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High School Special Education Teachers
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Job Numbers and Growth
Across the US there are 138,000 high school special education teachers. This occupation has an unemployment level that is very low.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Employees may end up working less than full time; 10% of those in the career did so in 2008.
Training and Education
Finding jobs is easier for high school special education teachers with a bachelor's degree. Recent government surveys (2008) show that 87% of workers have received at least a 4 year degree. Employees who attended college, but do not have a degree make up 8% of the total. A high school diploma was all the education obtained by 5% of high school special education teachers. 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.
Area Job Conditions
The fewest jobs (per capita) are found in Salem (Oregon), Salt Lake City (Utah), and Phoenix (Arizona), and the most jobs are found in Monroe (Louisiana), Shreveport (Louisiana), and Logan (Utah).
The earnings potential (not adjusted for cost of living) is highest in Nassau (New York), Washington (District of Columbia), and Bridgeport (Connecticut). However, the potential is lowest in Provo (Utah), Iowa City (Iowa), and Logan (Utah).
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High School Special Education Teachers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for High School Special Education Teachers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for High School Special Education Teachers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for High School Special Education Teachers are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Auburn 30 $43,970 0.8 Alabama Birmingham 290 $48,740 0.6 Alabama Dothan 70 $44,860 1.3 Alabama Florence 50 $39,750 1.1 Alabama Montgomery 150 $40,230 0.9 Alabama Tuscaloosa 40 $42,610 0.5 Arizona Flagstaff 60 $48,730 1.3 Arizona Phoenix 470 $44,500 0.3 Arizona Prescott 30 $52,460 0.6 Arizona Tucson 270 $43,120 0.8 Arizona Yuma 60 $48,360 1.1 Arkansas Fort Smith 120 $45,970 1.1 Arkansas Hot Springs 30 $43,140 1 Arkansas Jonesboro 60 $43,730 1.4 Arkansas Little Rock 380 $50,270 1.2 Arkansas Pine Bluff 30 $42,440 1.1 California Chico 40 $63,500 0.7 California El Centro 140 $73,250 3.2California Fresno 270 $51,190 0.8 California Merced 30 0.6 California Modesto 320 $70,080 2.1California Oakland 740 $67,720 0.7 California Oxnard 300 $64,140 1 California Riverside 1,150 $58,560 0.9 California Sacramento 590 $61,930 0.7 California San Diego 810 $72,250 0.6 California San Francisco 360 $56,580 0.4 California San Jose 510 $66,210 0.6 California San Luis Obispo 70 $50,760 0.8 California Santa Ana 820 $71,320 0.5 California Santa Barbara 180 $61,220 1.1 California Santa Cruz 90 $68,150 1.1 California Santa Rosa 90 $67,730 0.5 California Stockton 220 $63,310 1.1 California Vallejo 280 $61,510 2.5California Visalia 120 $75,770 1 Colorado Colorado Springs 230 $45,830 1 Colorado Denver 740 $55,510 0.6 Colorado Greeley 60 $45,510 0.9 Connecticut Bridgeport 820 $74,370 1.9 Connecticut Danbury 60 $62,670 1 Connecticut Hartford 620 $68,770 1.1 Connecticut New Haven 400 $62,460 1.5 Connecticut Norwich 250 $62,610 2.2Connecticut Waterbury 130 $70,470 2.2Delaware Wilmington 290 $60,970 0.9 District of Columbia Washington 3,230 $77,530 1.4 Florida Jacksonville 930 $51,540 1.6 Florida Orlando 880 $45,610 0.9 Florida Tallahassee 110 $50,260 0.7 Florida Tampa 730 $54,230 0.6 Georgia Albany 30 $48,010 0.6 Georgia Atlanta 4,090 $54,390 1.8 Georgia Augusta 300 $50,970 1.5 Georgia Valdosta 210 $48,460 4.4Illinois Bloomington 120 $49,350 1.9 Illinois Champaign 90 $47,840 1.1 Illinois Chicago 2,570 $72,640 0.7 Illinois Kankakee 60 $49,290 1.9 Illinois Peoria 150 $47,480 0.9 Illinois Rockford 120 $51,710 0.8 Indiana Anderson 70 $47,880 2.1Indiana Bloomington 40 $47,700 0.7 Indiana Elkhart 60 $49,600 0.5 Indiana Evansville 80 $46,830 0.5 Indiana Fort Wayne 160 $47,140 0.8 Indiana Gary 260 $48,940 1 Indiana Indianapolis 550 $53,000 0.6 Indiana Michigan City 30 $53,840 0.8 Indiana South Bend 100 $48,360 0.8 Indiana Terre Haute 70 $49,550 1.1 Iowa Cedar Rapids 350 $41,050 2.8Iowa Davenport 200 $46,110 1.2 Iowa Des Moines 280 $44,870 0.9 Iowa Iowa City 60 $33,630 0.9 Iowa Sioux City 100 $39,860 1.6 Iowa Waterloo 230 $42,380 3Kansas Lawrence 70 $44,600 1.8 Kansas Topeka 170 $55,990 1.7 Kansas Wichita 140 $45,180 0.5 Kentucky Lexington 160 $46,550 0.7 Kentucky Louisville 660 $51,200 1.1 Kentucky Owensboro 80 $48,080 2 Louisiana Baton Rouge 1,400 $45,050 3.9Louisiana Monroe 350 $44,080 5Louisiana New Orleans 1,640 $47,740 3.3Louisiana Shreveport 780 $46,540 4.7Maine Bangor 70 $45,200 1.3 Maine Lewiston 60 $41,780 1.4 Maine Portland 250 $47,140 1.3 Maryland Baltimore 1,410 $60,130 1.1 Maryland Bethesda 640 $61,440 1.1 Maryland Hagerstown 110 $41,910 1.2 Maryland Salisbury 60 $54,900 1.3 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 180 $51,870 2 Massachusetts Boston 1,860 $60,130 1.1 Massachusetts Brockton 70 $60,570 0.9 Massachusetts Framingham 150 $60,420 1 Massachusetts Haverhill 100 $54,410 1.5 Massachusetts Leominster 90 $58,290 2.1Massachusetts Lowell 160 $59,330 1.4 Massachusetts New Bedford 140 $62,970 2.5Massachusetts Pittsfield 60 $56,240 2.2Massachusetts Springfield 530 $52,990 1.8 Massachusetts Taunton 40 $60,640 1 Massachusetts Worcester 480 $57,000 2Michigan Ann Arbor 60 $54,730 0.4 Michigan Battle Creek 40 $56,260 1 Michigan Detroit 700 $45,730 1 Michigan Flint 280 $66,470 2.2Michigan Grand Rapids 430 $54,940 1.2 Michigan Holland 60 $62,270 0.7 Michigan Jackson 50 $44,930 1.1 Michigan Kalamazoo 70 $51,830 0.6 Michigan Lansing 190 $56,300 1 Michigan Muskegon 110 $57,340 2.1Michigan Niles 30 $50,690 0.6 Michigan Warren 610 $65,100 0.5 Minnesota Duluth 140 $49,070 1.2 Minnesota Minneapolis 2,550 $55,490 1.4 Minnesota Rochester 110 $47,760 1.3 Minnesota St Cloud 140 $54,980 1.5 Mississippi Gulfport 70 $48,390 0.7 Mississippi Hattiesburg 50 $42,020 1 Mississippi Jackson 150 $45,570 0.6 Mississippi Pascagoula 40 $47,970 1 Missouri Columbia 70 $37,760 1 Missouri Jefferson City 120 $41,350 2 Missouri Joplin 90 $38,610 1.3 Missouri Kansas City 1,080 $48,280 1.1 Missouri Springfield 220 $40,880 1.2 Missouri St Joseph 60 $39,400 1.4 Missouri St Louis 2,610 $54,700 2 Montana Billings 80 $42,660 1.1 Montana Great Falls 50 $41,590 1.8 Nebraska Lincoln 190 $46,390 1.2 Nebraska Omaha 360 $45,570 0.8 New Hampshire Manchester 70 $48,550 0.7 New Hampshire Nashua 120 $49,890 0.9 New Hampshire Rochester 30 $50,200 0.6 New Jersey Atlantic City 180 $61,540 1.3 New Jersey Camden 900 $60,710 1.7 New Jersey Edison 1,400 $62,430 1.4 New Jersey Newark 1,130 $68,580 1.1 New Jersey Trenton 330 $70,130 1.6 New Mexico Albuquerque 400 $50,270 1.1 New Mexico Farmington 80 $48,060 1.8 New Mexico Las Cruces 150 $53,800 2.8New York Albany 740 $59,170 1.7 New York Binghamton 160 $58,390 1.7 New York Buffalo 710 $62,530 1.4 New York Elmira 60 $51,850 2.1New York Glens Falls 110 $56,990 2.4New York Ithaca 80 $61,100 2.3New York Kingston 150 $68,810 2.9New York Nassau 2,740 $86,410 2.2New York New York 7,890 $71,540 1.6 New York Poughkeepsie 540 $67,330 2.4New York Rochester 1,250 $56,640 2.6New York Syracuse 600 $60,250 2New York Utica 200 $57,130 1.7 North Carolina Asheville 170 $45,030 1 North Carolina Charlotte 420 $45,780 0.5 North Carolina Durham 140 $45,950 0.5 North Carolina Fayetteville 260 $40,180 2.3North Carolina Greensboro 320 $39,830 0.9 North Carolina Greenville 40 $43,630 0.6 North Carolina Hickory 130 $45,990 0.9 North Carolina Raleigh 420 $46,830 0.8 North Carolina Rocky Mount 60 $39,970 1.2 North Carolina Winston Salem 250 $41,670 1.2 North Dakota Bismarck 40 $49,250 0.8 North Dakota Fargo 120 $53,900 1.1 North Dakota Grand Forks 60 $49,590 1.5 Ohio Akron 730 $53,770 2.2Ohio Canton 390 $52,440 2.4Ohio Cincinnati 1,750 $54,390 1.7 Ohio Cleveland 2,370 $62,270 2.3Ohio Columbus 1,620 $57,650 1.8 Ohio Dayton 830 $54,320 2.2Ohio Lima 60 $46,750 1.3 Ohio Mansfield 140 $47,310 3.2Ohio Sandusky 110 $49,890 3.8Ohio Springfield 40 $54,670 1 Ohio Toledo 600 $47,990 2 Ohio Youngstown 680 $48,900 3.1Oklahoma Oklahoma City 230 $43,470 0.4 Oklahoma Tulsa 410 $45,790 1 Oregon Bend 60 $47,050 1 Oregon Eugene 90 $53,530 0.6 Oregon Medford 60 $53,510 0.8 Oregon Portland 960 $53,630 0.9 Oregon Salem 50 $56,010 0.4 Pennsylvania Allentown 590 $57,120 1.8 Pennsylvania Altoona 40 $50,780 0.8 Pennsylvania Erie 140 $53,930 1.2 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 310 $49,740 1 Pennsylvania Johnstown 70 $48,190 1.4 Pennsylvania Lancaster 250 $54,320 1.1 Pennsylvania Lebanon 50 $50,370 1.3 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2,030 $56,890 1.1 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 1,040 $58,000 0.9 Pennsylvania Reading 230 $55,970 1.5 Pennsylvania Scranton 230 $51,100 0.9 Pennsylvania State College 40 $54,570 0.8 Pennsylvania Williamsport 40 $55,610 0.9 Pennsylvania York 180 $54,990 1.1 Rhode Island Providence 690 $66,290 1.2 South Carolina Charleston 260 $38,370 0.9 South Carolina Columbia 210 $47,900 0.6 South Carolina Spartanburg 80 $53,260 0.7 South Dakota Rapid City 70 $42,130 1.3 South Dakota Sioux Falls 110 $36,850 0.9 Tennessee Chattanooga 190 $43,330 0.9 Tennessee Clarksville 80 $51,340 1.2 Tennessee Cleveland 60 $42,280 2.1Tennessee Jackson 50 $46,910 1 Tennessee Johnson City 90 $45,440 1.4 Tennessee Kingsport 100 $41,990 1 Tennessee Knoxville 190 $44,440 0.6 Tennessee Memphis 1,280 $43,190 2.1Tennessee Morristown 50 $43,180 1.3 Tennessee Nashville 550 $44,130 0.7 Texas Abilene 60 $40,740 1.1 Texas Austin 290 $43,430 0.4 Texas Beaumont 150 $45,030 1 Texas College Station 80 $41,140 1.2 Texas Corpus Christi 190 $43,110 1.1 Texas Dallas 1,460 $49,760 0.7 Texas El Paso 220 $48,070 0.9 Texas Fort Worth 480 $48,890 0.6 Texas Houston 970 $48,280 0.4 Texas Killeen 50 $43,190 0.5 Texas Longview 70 $42,500 0.8 Texas Lubbock 100 0.9 Texas Mcallen 140 $47,820 0.7 Texas San Antonio 540 $48,080 0.7 Texas Sherman 40 $42,380 1.2 Texas Waco 80 $43,340 0.9 Texas Wichita Falls 40 $42,890 0.8 Utah Logan 170 $31,820 4.4Utah Ogden 120 $46,430 0.6 Utah Provo 110 $35,590 0.7 Utah Salt Lake City 210 $42,190 0.3 Vermont Burlington 170 $50,170 1.7 Virginia Blacksburg 80 $50,000 1.5 Virginia Charlottesville 100 $51,120 1.2 Virginia Danville 50 1.8 Virginia Lynchburg 70 $44,780 0.8 Virginia Richmond 620 $51,670 1.1 Virginia Roanoke 100 $43,850 0.7 Virginia Virginia Beach 930 $48,910 1.3 Virginia Winchester 190 $46,940 4.2Washington Bellingham 50 $47,470 0.7 Washington Bremerton 50 $54,760 0.7 Washington Kennewick 50 $53,460 0.6 Washington Longview 30 $58,730 1.1 Washington Olympia 70 $52,380 0.8 Washington Seattle 710 $54,170 0.5 Washington Spokane 150 $51,050 0.8 Washington Tacoma 190 $55,220 0.7 West Virginia Charleston 330 $36,360 2.4West Virginia Huntington 170 $45,060 1.6 West Virginia Parkersburg 90 $48,000 1.5 West Virginia Weirton 60 $46,080 1.7 West Virginia Wheeling 100 $39,990 1.8 Wisconsin Appleton 150 $53,180 1.4 Wisconsin Eau Claire 140 $49,260 2.1Wisconsin Fond 30 $52,640 0.8 Wisconsin Green Bay 160 $59,130 1 Wisconsin Janesville 80 $49,000 1.4 Wisconsin Madison 330 $51,620 1 Wisconsin Milwaukee 360 $60,680 0.4 Wisconsin Oshkosh 70 $49,710 0.9 Wisconsin Sheboygan 90 $50,400 1.8
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