13. West Virginia
Annual median salary: $55,090
Cost of living index: 95.7
Employment: 530
West Virginia’s wages for special education teachers are just a few dollars away from the average. This is why this state belongs in the list. What proves their place here, even more, is how affordable it is to live there. Living expenses are quite at the minimum, while employment opportunities come plenty, too. West Virginia is among the few American states where living expenses do not cost so much, and wages pretty much hover on the average. Sounds like a great income-expenses balance, don’t you think?
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