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Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors pay in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR and Modesto, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors is $49,980 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. It is $129,080 per year in Modesto, CA. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is 61.3% below Modesto, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-3011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 30 wage and salary jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR and 70 in Modesto, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.