7. Iowa
Annual median salary: $56,820
Cost of living index: 91.7
Employment: 460
Iowa’s statistics look so balanced, you’d probably doubt it the first time you see it. The wages they have for special education teachers stay in the average range, so it is good enough. What makes it better is their affordable cost of living prices. House rents, mortgage rates, food expenses, and basic utilities are cheap in Iowa. You can most probably enjoy so much of what you earn because it does not have to be slashed with your living expenses.
