Chicago Public Schools / Morrill Math and Sci Elementary / Special Education Teacher
Job-title file
Special Education Teacher
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
12 employees hold this title in Morrill Math and Sci Elementary. Median total compensation for the role is $115,802, above the department median of $105,488.
- Employees
- 12
- Total payroll
- $1.5M
- Role median
- $115,802
- Agency median
- $105,488
- Comparison
- Above
What the records show
Role pay distribution
Pay distribution for this role
How total compensation varies among the 12 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. Morrill Math and Sci Elementary pays a median base salary of $91,653 for this role, 24% above that figure — about the 81st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Morrill Math and Sci Elementary sits in the local pay range
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 Morrill Math and Sci Elementary’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. Morrill Math and Sci Elementary’s median base salary is 20% above that national figure, about the 66th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 Morrill Math and Sci Elementary is $115,802, 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 Morrill Math and Sci Elementary, the median of $115,802 ranks #374 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
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.
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