Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
SOC 25-2058 · 2024-2034
Teach academic, social, and life skills to secondary 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.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
Shrinking -1.7%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $103,889per year
- Projected openings
- 7,850
- Projected change
- -1.7%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Learning Strategies
- Instructing
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Service Orientation
- Coordination
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $111,747 | 1,120 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $106,621 | 1,190 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $106,562 | 2,470 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $105,530 | 610 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $105,057 | 680 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $103,562 | 270 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $103,375 | 670 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $101,310 | 110 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $100,633 | 60 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $100,633 | 130 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $99,944 | 260 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $99,759 | 70 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $99,133 | 360 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $99,071 | 80 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $92,425 | 20 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $90,268 | 50 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $85,975 | 30 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $85,718 | 130 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $84,311 | 70 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $81,465 | 180 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $81,445 | 50 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $76,360 | 60 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $76,073 | 40 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $76,052 | 30 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $75,446 | 40 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | Not reported | 50 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Special Education Teachers, Middle School | $104,372 | 3,120 | -2.1% |
| Special Education Teachers, Preschool | $61,217 | 1,750 | 0% |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | $102,439 | 96,800 | -1.7% |
| Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | $101,720 | 23,240 | -1.7% |
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | $104,208 | 57,820 | -1.5% |