Arkansas · BLS May 2025
The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 2,560 substitute teachers, short-term working in Arkansas. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal, state and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.
Median pay · Arkansas
$29,230A year, or $14.05 an hour.| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid | $24,440 | $11.75 |
| 25th percentile | $27,190 | $13.07 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | $29,230 | $14.05 |
| 75th percentile | $34,570 | $16.62 |
| 90th percentileMost experienced and senior | $36,040 | $17.33 |
| MeanThe average, pulled up by the top | $39,080 | $18.79 |
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A $29,230 salary in Arkansas, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.
Prices in Arkansas sit at 86.9 against a national average of 100, so $29,230 earned here buys what $33,622 buys at national average prices.
Common questions
The median wage for substitute teachers in Arkansas is $29,230 a year, or $14.05 an hour.
Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.
On the median wage of $29,230, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $25,072 a year, or roughly $2,089 a month.
That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 14.2%.
Arkansas takes $595 of it in state income tax.
No. The median in Arkansas is 29.9% below the national median of $41,670.
Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Arkansas sit at 86.9 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.
It is 0.48 times the median household income of $60,773. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.
Prices in Arkansas run at 86.9 against a national average of 100, with rents at 58.2, so $29,230 here buys about what $33,622 buys at national average prices.
The top tenth earn $36,040 a year or more, against $24,440 at the bottom tenth.
Experience, specialism, employer and the part of Arkansas someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.
The survey counted 2,560 of these jobs in Arkansas for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 42% less concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.
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