SOC 25-2032 · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations · May 2025

How much do Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 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, Secondary School in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is $60,730. The 10th percentile is $51,310 and the 90th percentile is $75,830. Employment is 180.

Median annual wage

$60,730

10th percentile
$51,310
25th percentile
$58,470
Median
$60,730
75th percentile
$74,510
90th percentile
$75,830
Mean
$65,090

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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A nurse with a patient at a hospital centre in Birmingham. Wellcome Collection. Photograph by Wellcome Collection. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Percentile spread

For Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School, the published 10th percentile is $51,310 and the 90th percentile is $75,830. The difference is $24,520, which is 40.4% 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 $58,470 to the 75th at $74,510, covers $16,040.

The mean annual wage is $65,090, which sits above the median of $60,730. 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR median is 8.4% lower than the national median of $66,270 for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School. In 2024 national prices the local median is $67,958, which is 2.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.7% lower than the Arkansas median of $61,780.

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 $60,730 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School at $67,958 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR ranks 7th of 10 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).).

  • Jonesboro, AR is 118 miles away, with a median of $62,120 and employment of 70. That median is 2.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,337, against $67,958 here.
  • Fort Smith, AR-OK is 125 miles away, with a median of $66,310 and employment of 80. That median is 9.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,205, against $67,958 here.
  • Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR is 133 miles away, with a median of $62,360 and employment of 190. That median is 2.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,263, against $67,958 here.

Employment share

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR (180 of 358,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (111,420 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.70 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, Secondary School 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, Secondary School 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, Secondary School in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is $60,730. The 10th percentile is $51,310 and the 90th percentile is $75,830. Employment is 180.

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

The local median is 8.4% lower than the national median of $66,270.

What is Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 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 $60,730 is $67,958. 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, Secondary School?

Jonesboro, AR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 118 miles away, at $62,120. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR ranks 7th of 10 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.