Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in Little Rock, AR

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary pay range in Little Rock

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $58,230 a year or less, while the top 10% make $100,680 or more. The middle half of nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary in Little Rock earn between $62,160 and $93,060.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year (BLS publishes this job's pay as annual only). Hourly to annual salary.

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Little Rock vs. Arkansas and the U.S.

Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary in Little Rock earn 17% more than the Arkansas average ($67,790) and 8% less than the U.S. average ($86,410). At the median the gap is -5% against the U.S. median of $80,250.

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salary after taxes in Little Rock

On the average salary of $79,270, a single filer in Little Rock takes home about $62,151 a year, or $5,179 a month and $2,390 every two weeks. Taxes take 22% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Arkansas tax is estimated with the Department of Finance and Administration's 2026 withholding formula.

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Is Little Rock a good place for nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Little Rock area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 89.4), so the average $79,270 buys what about $88,705 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Little Rock ($45,790). A typical home costs $231,039, or 2.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salary in other Arkansas cities

Little Rock ranks 1st of 3 Arkansas metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Waco, TX pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($163,530).

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