Career/technical education teachers, secondary school job market in Arkansas
Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.
The headline
Arkansas industry employment changed 0.9 percentage points below the U.S. benchmark
A data-driven view of the industries that employ Career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Arkansas.
Occupation pay
What Career/technical education teachers, secondary school earn in Arkansas
BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.
Median annual wage
$61,780Arkansas- Middle 50% of published wages
- $58,040 – $66,720
- U.S. median annual wage
- $66,270
- Reference period
- May 2025
The middle 50% is the 25th-to-75th percentile wage range, not an experience-level band. Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.
Pay around Arkansas
How median pay varies by metro area
Published BLS OEWS metro estimates for Career/technical education teachers, secondary school, compared with the Arkansas median of $61,780.
Fort Smith, AR-OK$66,310+7.3% vs. state
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$65,500+6.0% vs. state
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$62,360+0.9% vs. state
Jonesboro, AR$62,120+0.6% vs. state
Texarkana, TX-AR$61,210−0.9% vs. state
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$60,730−1.7% vs. state
Areas are ordered by published median wage for readability, not as an overall job-market ranking. The vertical marker is the Arkansas median. Some BLS metropolitan areas cross state lines, so a metro estimate can cover workers in more than one state.
Verified snapshot
Market at a Glance
Key changes in Arkansas’s weighted industry mix.
Percentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
Published coverage: 14,805 represented establishments, 99.55% of the published industry mix.
Local research
What the data shows for career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Arkansas
Findings describe the published observation periods shown below. Research published Oct 11, 2026.
The highest-paying metro has a smaller employment market
Among 4 comparable metro estimates associated with Arkansas in OEWS May 2025, the pay leader and employment-size leader differ. Fort Smith, AR-OK has the highest median annual pay at $66,310, with estimated employment of 80. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR has the largest employment estimate at 190, with median pay of $62,360. The pay leader's median is 6.3% higher; estimated employment describes existing jobs, not available vacancies.
OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWSSome metro estimates cross state lines. Higher nominal pay does not establish better living standards or better chances of finding a job.
Published median pay is below the U.S. median
Arkansas's published median annual wage for career/technical education teachers, secondary school is 6.8% below the national median in OEWS May 2025. The state estimate is $61,780, compared with $66,270 across the U.S. These medians are not adjusted for living costs and do not describe every worker.
OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWSFindings describe published data and do not establish causes. Methodology
Employment trends
Arkansas industry employment over time
Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.
- Arkansas · 2026 Q1+1.3%
- U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark+2.2%
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View every published value
| Quarter | Arkansas | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | +3.1% | 100% |
| 2024 Q3 | +3.0% | 100% |
| 2024 Q4 | +3.0% | 100% |
| 2025 Q1 | +2.3% | 100% |
| 2025 Q2 | +2.5% | 100% |
| 2025 Q3 | +2.0% | 100% |
| 2025 Q4 | +2.0% | 100% |
| 2026 Q1 | +1.3% | 100% |
How to read this chart
State trend and national reference
The solid line follows Arkansas’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.
- Published quarters
- 8
- Earliest quarter
- 2024 Q2
- Latest quarter
- 2026 Q1
- U.S. benchmark
- +2.2%
Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.
Industry context
Where Career/technical education teachers, secondary school Work
The occupation mix determines which Arkansas industries are weighted into this view.
| Industry group | Occupation mix | Employment change | Establishments | Avg. weekly industry wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private education and health services | 99.2% | +1.3% | 14,805 | $1,064 |
| State and local | 0.4% | -0.4% | 3,129 | $1,032 |
Which industries are growing?
One weighted industry is growing
Only weighted industries with a published positive Arkansas employment change are listed.
- Private education and health services+1.3%
The remaining weighted industries published a flat or negative change in January to March 2026.
Current Arkansas context
Current Arkansas Market Signals
Statewide indicators for all occupations in Arkansas. They are not Career/technical education teachers, secondary school demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.
Statewide job postings
Indeed job postings · Arkansas
Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score
Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100
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View values: Indeed postings index
| Observation date | Index (Feb 2020 = 100) |
|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | 112.03 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 112.24 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 112.17 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 111.85 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 111.51 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 111.47 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 112.75 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 114.12 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 114.51 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 114.35 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 115.49 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 116.55 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 116.68 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 116.43 |
This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.
Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · saved source copy. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.
Career context
Related occupations
Related roles from the occupation’s published O*NET profile.
Questions answered by this release
Career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Arkansas FAQs
Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.
Is employment growing for Career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Arkansas?
The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Arkansas industries weighted to Career/technical education teachers, secondary school changed +1.3% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with +2.2% nationwide.
Are wages for Career/technical education teachers, secondary school rising in Arkansas?
QCEW does not publish pay for Career/technical education teachers, secondary school in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +1.4% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.
How complete is this Arkansas industry view?
The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 100% of the occupation’s industry mix.
Does this page show current Career/technical education teachers, secondary school openings?
No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.
Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 100% · full evidence record
Methodology & Sources
Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.
- Occupation
- Career/technical education teachers, secondary school
- SOC code
- 25-2032
- State
- Arkansas
- QCEW release label
- QCEW 2026 Q1
- Data period
- 2026 Q1
- State industry employment, year over year
- +1.3%State data coverage 100%
- U.S. benchmark, year over year
- +2.2%
- Difference from U.S. benchmark
- -0.9 percentage pointsPercentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
- Establishments, year over year
- +0.6%State data coverage 100%
- Average weekly industry wage, year over year
- +1.4%State data coverage 100%
- Industry mix vintage
- EP-2025-2035
- BLS publication date
- Aug 28, 2026
- Source verification
- Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
- Canonical record URL
- https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/career-technical-education-teachers-secondary-school/arkansas#evidence-record
- Derived by
- JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix
MethodologyBLS QCEWHow to citeQCEW state context release, 2026 Q1
Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.