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title: "Average Salary in Arkansas"
description: "Mean $54,890, median $43,630 in Arkansas (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/arkansas"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Arkansas

Mean annual wage $54,890, median $43,630 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $50,190 (rank 44 of 51 by that measure; rank 50 nominal).

| Percentile | Arkansas | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $27,020 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $31,880 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $43,630 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $61,850 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $94,740 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 86.9 |
| Housing (rents) | 58.2 |
| Goods | 93.6 |
| Utilities | 74.7 |
| Other services | 95.3 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Management | $84,800 | 95,070 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $84,450 | 27,920 |
| Architecture and Engineering | $77,700 | 13,240 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $75,070 | 92,160 |
| Legal | $71,410 | 6,620 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $65,100 | 69,070 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $62,820 | 7,800 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $51,680 | 74,270 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $49,610 | 62,400 |
| Community and Social Service | $46,720 | 15,980 |
| Construction and Extraction | $45,870 | 53,160 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $44,220 | 11,510 |
| Protective Service | $43,350 | 28,860 |
| Production | $41,120 | 116,140 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $39,500 | 153,060 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $38,640 | 134,380 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $36,780 | 5,290 |
| Sales | $32,020 | 114,770 |
| Healthcare Support | $31,220 | 52,880 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $30,570 | 37,640 |
| Personal Care and Service | $29,240 | 19,480 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $27,600 | 111,930 |

## Most common jobs

- [Fast Food and Counter Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-worker): 35,660 workers
- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson): 35,510 workers
- [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager): 34,570 workers
- [Truck Driver](https://nuecareer.com/careers/truck-driver): 32,220 workers
- [Office Clerk, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/office-clerk-general): 29,940 workers
- [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse): 29,400 workers
- [Stocker and Order Filler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stocker-and-order-filler): 28,350 workers
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier): 28,270 workers
- [Laborer and Freight, Stock, and Material Mover, Hand](https://nuecareer.com/careers/laborer-and-freight-stock-and-material-mover-hand): 21,430 workers
- [Customer Service Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/customer-service-representative): 20,680 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $178,930 median
- [Purchasing Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/purchasing-manager): $156,450 median
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $140,600 median
- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $136,880 median
- [Marketing Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/marketing-manager): $136,520 median
- [Pharmacist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pharmacist): $136,060 median
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $127,220 median
- [Nurse Practitioner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-practitioner): $125,660 median
- [Health Specialties Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/health-specialties-teacher-postsecondary): $124,890 median
- [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive): $119,990 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Grader and Sorter, Agricultural Products](https://nuecareer.com/careers/grader-and-sorter-agricultural-products): 7.84x the national share
- [Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutter and Trimmer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/meat-poultry-and-fish-cutter-and-trimmer): 7.39x the national share
- [Logging Equipment Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/logging-equipment-operator): 7.26x the national share
- [Helpers--Production Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/helpers-production-worker): 4.86x the national share
- [Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/extruding-forming-pressing-and-compacting-machine-setter-operator-and-tender): 4.44x the national share
- [Machine Feeder and Offbearer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/machine-feeder-and-offbearer): 4.44x the national share
- [First-Line Supervisor of Correctional Officers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-correctional-officers): 3.85x the national share
- [Slaughterer and Meat Packer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/slaughterer-and-meat-packer): 3.64x the national share
- [Sawing Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender, Wood](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sawing-machine-setter-operator-and-tender-wood): 3.63x the national share
- [Millwright](https://nuecareer.com/careers/millwright): 3.36x the national share

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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