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Chicago Public Schools / Beasley Magnet Acad Center / Special Education Teacher

Job-title file

Special Education Teacher

Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.

13 employees hold this title in Beasley Magnet Acad Center. Median total compensation for the role is $122,447, above the department median of $99,620.

Employees
13
Total payroll
$1.7M
Role median
$122,447
Agency median
$99,620
Comparison
Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$99,620$163,063+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 13 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Special Education Teacher pay vs. the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area

Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Special Education Teachers, All Other — about 1,550 people — is $74,180. Beasley Magnet Acad Center pays a median base salary of $97,418 for this role, 31% above that figureabout the 86th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Beasley Magnet Acad Center sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$49,550
$60,990
$74,180
$83,760
$103,030
Beasley Magnet Acad Center median · $97,418

The bar is the range of annual wages for Special Education Teachers, All Other across every employer in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Beasley Magnet Acad Center’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Special Education Teachers, All Other — about 33,930 people — is $76,580. Beasley Magnet Acad Center’s median base salary is 27% above that national figure, about the 73rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$48,440
$60,930
$76,580
$99,690
$120,080
Beasley Magnet Acad Center median · $97,418

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Beasley Magnet Acad Center is $122,447, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare departments

This role across Chicago Public Schools

Special Education Teacher is held in 519 Chicago Public Schools departments. In Beasley Magnet Acad Center, the median of $122,447 ranks #274 of 519.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Special Education Teacher role in other Chicago Public Schoolsdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Special Education Teacher beyond Chicago Public Schools

This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In Chicago Public Schools, the median of $125,310 ranks #1 of 3. See Special Education Teacher across all of Chicago Public Schools

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

South Carolina
$70,023 · 48
Florida
$53,280 · 20

Median total compensation for comparable Special Education Teacherroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Charlotte Smarte

Special Education Teacher/Beasley Magnet Acad Center

2026 total comp
$163,616
Base pay
$125,514
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$38,102
Total compensation
$163,616
Full-time equivalent (FTE)
1

Source-specific fields

Clsindc
T
Dept Id
29321
Fte Annual Salary
$125,514
Jobcode
500629
Pos #
530719

Charlotte Smarte works as a Special Education Teacher for Beasley Magnet Acad Center. Charlotte earned $163,616 in 2026.

Lydia Clark

Special Education Teacher/Beasley Magnet Acad Center

2026 total comp
$161,311
Base pay
$123,628
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$37,683
Total compensation
$161,311
Full-time equivalent (FTE)
1

Source-specific fields

Clsindc
T
Dept Id
29321
Fte Annual Salary
$123,628
Jobcode
500629
Pos #
460322

At Beasley Magnet Acad Center, Lydia Clark serves as a Special Education Teacher. Their 2026 pay totaled $161,311.