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Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education pay in Arkansas and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education is $59,660 per year in Arkansas. It is $102,670 per year in Washington. Arkansas is 41.9% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-2031 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 12,890 wage and salary jobs in Arkansas and 14,880 in Washington. 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