SALARY · SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, KINDERGARTEN AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL · NEW YORK

Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School salary in New York

If New York is on your shortlist, start here. The median annual pay for special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school was $81,260. That one figure will not decide a move on its own, but it sets the range for everything else, from housing to how much you can save.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$81,260

Not published per hour at the median · That is $16,140 (24.8 percent) above the national median of $65,120 for this occupation.

$91,610Mean annual salary

Not publishedMean hourly wage

$21,130People employed in this job in New York

Salary range

25th: $66,300Median: $81,26075th: $117,540

Measure	Annual
25th percentile	$66,300
Median (50th percentile)	$81,260
75th percentile	$117,540
Mean	$91,610

The middle half of workers earned from $66,300 to $117,540 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$62,205 a year

$5,184 a month

Federal tax $9,047 · FICA $6,216 · State tax $3,791

New York City resident tax and the Yonkers surcharge are separate and are not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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