Fort Smith, AR-OK
All-industry
Estimated employment160
Employment RSE5.60
Mean wage$53,530
Mean RSE3.00
10th percentile wage$41,610
25th percentile wage$46,210
50th percentile wage$53,920
75th percentile wage$61,160
90th percentile wage$66,200
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (25-2052)
Teach elementary school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired. Substitute teachers are included in "Teachers and Instructors, All Other" (25-3099).
Median Wage History
  This Occupation   Compared to Occupational Group   Difference  
2020$53920.00 $42890.00  $11030.00
2019$52825.97+2.1%$42019.77 +2.1%$10806.20
2018$51614.72+2.3%$41056.30 +2.3%$10558.43
  This Occupation   Compared to All Occupations   Difference  
2020$53920.00 $31930.00  $21990.00
2019$52825.97+2.1%$31023.54 +2.9%$21802.43
2018$51614.72+2.3%$30117.08 +3.0%$21497.64
Top Areas For This Occupation
Best Pay
  Median Wage Employ- ment
Enid, OK $57,930 40
Tulsa, OK $54,400 540
Fort Smith, AR-OK $53,920 160
Highest Employment
  Median Wage Employ- ment
Oklahoma City, OK $52,000 550
Tulsa, OK $54,400 540
Lawton, OK $46,810 170
Wages in other areas
Note: 202002 Microdata
Publication Date: April 2021