SOC 25-1194 · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations · May 2025

How much do Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary make in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is $57,930. The 10th percentile is $35,540 and the 90th percentile is $78,610. Employment is 360.

Median annual wage

$57,930

10th percentile
$35,540
25th percentile
$43,330
Median
$57,930
75th percentile
$72,890
90th percentile
$78,610
Mean
$58,740

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $35,540 and the 90th percentile is $78,610. The difference is $43,070, which is 74.3% 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 $43,330 to the 75th at $72,890, covers $29,560.

The mean annual wage is $58,740, which sits above the median of $57,930. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR median is 9.2% lower than the national median of $63,820 for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $64,825, which is 1.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 15.6% higher than the Arkansas median of $50,120.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is 89.364, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $57,930 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary at $64,825 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR ranks 2nd of 6 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).).

  • Fort Smith, AR-OK is 125 miles away, with a median of $57,080 and employment of 70. That median is 1.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,459, against $64,825 here.
  • Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR is 133 miles away, with a median of $57,160 and employment of 220. That median is 1.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,570, against $64,825 here.
  • Memphis, TN-MS-AR is 147 miles away, with a median of $60,670 and employment of 420. That median is 4.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,818, against $64,825 here.

Employment share

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.10% of wage-and-salary employment in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR (360 of 358,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (114,110 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.37 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR · Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary make in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is $57,930. The 10th percentile is $35,540 and the 90th percentile is $78,610. Employment is 360.

How does that compare with the national median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary?

The local median is 9.2% lower than the national median of $63,820.

What is Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is 89.364, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $57,930 is $64,825. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR compare with nearby metros for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary?

Fort Smith, AR-OK is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 125 miles away, at $57,080. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR ranks 2nd of 6 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.