Entry-level Special Education Teacher salary in Dallas, TX

Based on 41 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Seagoville, Mesquite.

Also listed as: Elementary Special Education Teacher

Median salary$65,000
Middle 50%$62k–$65k
vs. all levels here+0%comparison median $65,000
Filings41FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $62,000 and $70,039.
PercentileSalary
10th$62,000
25th$62,000
50th (median)$65,000
75th$65,000
90th$66,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $60k $70k FY2024: median $62,000 (12 filings) FY2025: median $62,000 (22 filings) FY2026: median $65,000 (19 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 0 filings FY20 FY2021: 1 filings FY21 FY2022: 5 filings FY22 FY2023: 8 filings FY23 FY2024: 12 filings FY24 FY2025: 22 filings FY25 FY2026: 19 filings FY26 22
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––0
FY2021–––1
FY2022–––5
FY2023–––8
FY2024$62,000$61,000$62,00012
FY2025$62,000$62,000$62,50022
FY2026$65,000$65,000$65,25019

Cost of living

Dallas's median entry-level Special Education Teacher salary of $65,000 is worth about $63,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Dallas = 103.1).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Dallas Independent School District$65,00040

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $65,000 41
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$55,280$65,00041

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.