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Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School pay in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR and Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School is $59,280 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. It is $107,960 per year in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is 45.1% below Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-2023 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 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA. 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.