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
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$51,140	230	View salary detail
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	$50,840	510	View salary detail
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$50,570	5,750	View salary detail
Web Developers	$50,550	400	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$50,500	—	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$50,500	—	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$50,350	2,390	View salary detail
Paramedics	$50,310	1,170	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$50,280	2,180	View salary detail
Fundraisers	$50,190	360	View salary detail
Emergency Management Directors	$50,180	160	View salary detail
Editors	$50,180	260	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$50,150	1,270	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$50,120	1,550	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$50,070	920	View salary detail
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas	$50,070	50	View salary detail
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	$50,010	430	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$49,960	840	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$49,890	1,140	View salary detail
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	$49,770	310	View salary detail
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	$49,740	1,320	View salary detail
Farm and Home Management Educators	$49,640	200	View salary detail
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	$49,640	230	View salary detail
Surgical Assistants	$49,600	80	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	$49,590	1,720	View salary detail
Traffic Technicians	$49,550	50	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$49,310	1,140	View salary detail
Counselors, All Other	$49,310	110	View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents	$49,120	900	View salary detail
Electricians	$49,070	7,500	View salary detail
Clergy	$49,070	350	View salary detail
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	$49,030	790	View salary detail
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$48,950	620	View salary detail
Exercise Physiologists	$48,850	40	View salary detail
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians	$48,800	190	View salary detail
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film	$48,680	60	View salary detail
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$48,660	3,370	View salary detail
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians	$48,660	3,370	View salary detail
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,630	2,060	View salary detail
Film and Video Editors	$48,480	80	View salary detail
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	$48,390	160	View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,320	2,190	View salary detail
Logging Equipment Operators	$48,280	1,280	View salary detail
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	$48,120	220	View salary detail
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$48,110	4,960	View salary detail
Drafters, All Other	$48,020	100	View salary detail
Writers and Authors	$47,970	270	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$47,970	6,150	View salary detail
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$47,970	270	View salary detail
Continuous Mining Machine Operators	$47,890	80	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.