Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$92,466
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$32,424
26.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$106,887
Arkansas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Arkansas — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$124,890
Kept after tax
$92,466
Worth in national money
$106,887
State rank
13
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Arkansas is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $124,890, which ranks 13 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 16.38% above the national middle.
- Within Arkansas this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 11 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Arkansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $124,890 you keep $92,466, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $106,887 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $205,560, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Arkansas ranks 13 of 50 states publishing a median for health specialties teachers, postsecondary, at $124,890 — about 16.38% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation Arkansas publishes a median for, health specialties teachers, postsecondary sits 11 of 489 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Arkansas income tax, retained pay for health specialties teachers, postsecondary on $124,890 is $92,466. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $106,887 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $205,560 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $124,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $394,880 |
| This salary | $124,890 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Arkansas | $92,466 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,628 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$7,450 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $118,886 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$10,592 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $124,890 as a midpoint for Arkansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $51,480 and the ninetieth is $394,880 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $92,466 take-home in Arkansas comes from $124,890. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 11 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arkansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $106,887, the adjusted value of that $124,890 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 11 of 489 in the state.
- The Arkansas median of $124,890 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $51,480 to $394,880. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $92,466, from $124,890, assumes a single Arkansas filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 11 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arkansas, so $106,887 — the adjusted value of that $124,890 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 11 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $205,560, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $51,480 at the bottom tenth to $394,880 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Arkansas is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $106,887 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Arkansas then takes its own share, leaving $92,466.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Arkansas is $205,560. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($51,480) and the ninetieth ($394,880) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Arkansas's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $106,887 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $92,466 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Arkansas income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.