SOC 25-1121 · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations · May 2025

How much do Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary make in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is $77,910. The 10th percentile is $55,320 and the 90th percentile is $93,940. Employment is 240.

Median annual wage

$77,910

10th percentile
$55,320
25th percentile
$64,460
Median
$77,910
75th percentile
$79,200
90th percentile
$93,940
Mean
$76,160

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates. BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly wages are not published.

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Percentile spread

For Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $55,320 and the 90th percentile is $93,940. The difference is $38,620, which is 49.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $64,460 to the 75th at $79,200, covers $14,740.

The mean annual wage is $76,160, which sits below the median of $77,910. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.

National and state comparison

The Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA median is 0.9% lower than the national median of $78,620 for Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $77,641, which is 1.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.1% lower than the Washington median of $77,950.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 100.346, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $77,910 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary at $77,641 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ranks 2nd of 3 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Walla Walla, WA is 133 miles away, with a median of $76,130 and employment of 70. That median is 2.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,274, against $77,641 here.
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 198 miles away, with a median of $81,050 and employment of 700. That median is 4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,931, against $77,641 here.

Employment share

Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA (240 of 255,820). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (93,560 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.56 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary make in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is $77,910. The 10th percentile is $55,320 and the 90th percentile is $93,940. Employment is 240.

How does that compare with the national median for Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary?

The local median is 0.9% lower than the national median of $78,620.

What is Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 100.346, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $77,910 is $77,641. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA compare with nearby metros for Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary?

Walla Walla, WA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 133 miles away, at $76,130. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ranks 2nd of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.