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Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other pay in Grand Junction, CO and Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other is $81,730 per year in Grand Junction, CO. It is $39,790 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. Grand Junction, CO is 105.4% above Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-9099 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 40 wage and salary jobs in Grand Junction, CO and 90 in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings