Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $62K, rent takes 24.8% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,021/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new career/technical education teachers, secondary schools typically earn — is $51K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $3,068/month. At HUD’s $1,021/month FMR, rent would take 33% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $62K locally vs. $66K nationally, a 7% difference.

Arkansas pays $62K median vs. the U.S. average of $66K — that’s -7%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 87.64), the purchasing-power equivalent is $70K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $61,780 a year. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $51,130, and experienced career/technical education teachers, secondary schools can clear $76,620. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,120/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,021/month, which eats 24.8% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Arkansas has a Regional Price Parity of 87.64 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median career/technical education teachers, secondary school salary is worth about $70,493 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.