Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Arkansas

793 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Arkansas for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$42,820	1,100	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$42,820	1,100	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$42,820	1,100	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$42,820	1,100	View salary detail
Recreational Therapists	$42,670	70	View salary detail
Log Graders and Scalers	$42,340	190	View salary detail
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	$42,200	60	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$42,140	1,390	View salary detail
Agricultural Inspectors	$42,060	410	View salary detail
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	$42,040	430	View salary detail
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	$41,940	510	View salary detail
Broadcast Technicians	$41,870	220	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$41,760	290	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$41,740	1,920	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$41,720	500	View salary detail
Crane and Tower Operators	$41,600	880	View salary detail
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles	$41,510	80	View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$41,410	610	View salary detail
Museum Technicians and Conservators	$41,280	110	View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$41,260	640	View salary detail
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$41,040	200	View salary detail
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	$40,840	450	View salary detail
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles	$40,750	210	View salary detail
Semiconductor Processing Technicians	$40,610	40	View salary detail
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other	$40,570	180	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$40,500	7,650	View salary detail
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	$40,480	330	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$40,330	4,460	View salary detail
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers	$40,310	50	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$40,090	890	View salary detail
Massage Therapists	$39,990	430	View salary detail
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	$39,920	490	View salary detail
Driver/Sales Workers	$39,820	3,170	View salary detail
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters	$39,810	90	View salary detail
Firefighters	$39,690	2,480	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$39,590	340	View salary detail
Helpers--Electricians	$39,510	300	View salary detail
Medical Appliance Technicians	$39,450	60	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	$39,420	960	View salary detail
Animal Trainers	$39,400	110	View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	$39,380	260	View salary detail
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	$39,320	360	View salary detail
Furniture Finishers	$39,140	30	View salary detail
Bill and Account Collectors	$39,110	850	View salary detail
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$39,060	190	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$38,990	2,120	View salary detail
Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers	$38,980	70	View salary detail
Tile and Stone Setters	$38,980	160	View salary detail
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	$38,960	140	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Repairers	$38,950	510	View salary detail

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Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.