3. Virginia
Annual median salary: $76,160
Cost of living index: 100.2
Employment: 1,640
Virginia, number three on our list of best states for special education teachers pays the highest wages for special education teachers, which is explained further by their great employment rates for these professionals. The state also has cost of living rates that hovers just around the average, so rents and food prices are not expensive. Prices are not cheap, but at least it won’t wreck havoc on your earnings as a teacher. Virginia is also home to lots of schools, so you know they take education very seriously.
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