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Average Art, Drama, And Music Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in Arkansas

Art, Drama, And Music Teachers, Postsecondary in Arkansas earn a median annual salary of $63,620, which is -20.7% compared to the national median. There are 620 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Arkansas (state).

$63,620
Arkansas median annual wage
-20.7%
Difference vs national median
National median is $80,190
620
Local employment
0.5 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.76
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$45,330
25th
$49,350
Median
$63,620
75th
$80,650
90th
$104,160

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Arkansas, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
86.9%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$73,179
Goods: 93.6%
Services: 74.7%
Rents: 58.2%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Hawaii$129,330Compare570
New York$110,000Compare17,600
California$105,980Compare10,100
New Jersey$99,110Compare3,060
Rhode Island$98,960Compare450
Connecticut$98,420Compare970

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Arkansas

Arkansas has salary data for 675 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Psychiatrists.

Historical series

Trend for Art, Drama, And Music Teachers, Postsecondary in Arkansas

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Art, Drama, And Music Teachers, Postsecondary are projected to change by +1.7% from 2024 to 2034, with 9,000 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.