SALARY · SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, KINDERGARTEN AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL · NORTH CAROLINA

Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School salary in North Carolina

Averages can hide a lot. Medians hide less. That is why this page leads with the median for special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school in North Carolina: $58,260 a year. The mean is listed too, so you can see when a small group of high earners pulls the average upward.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$58,260

Not published per hour at the median · That is $6,860 (10.5 percent) below the national median of $65,120 for this occupation.

$57,160Mean annual salary

Not publishedMean hourly wage

$4,430People employed in this job in North Carolina

Salary range

25th: $48,500Median: $58,26075th: $61,430

Measure	Annual
25th percentile	$48,500
Median (50th percentile)	$58,260
75th percentile	$61,430
Mean	$57,160

The middle half of workers earned from $48,500 to $61,430 a year. Do not read the percentile range as good versus bad jobs. It mostly reflects experience, hours, employer type and local demand. A new starter near the 25th percentile and a veteran near the 75th can both be fairly paid for their stage.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$47,176 a year

$3,931 a month

Federal tax $4,811 · FICA $4,457 · State tax $1,816

Caveat: the North Carolina rate is from NCDOR, but the $12,750 deduction comes from the statute text, not an NCDOR deduction page.

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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