Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Fort Smith, AR

384 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Fort Smith, AR for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Billing and Posting Clerks	$41,080	320	View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$40,970	50	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$40,830	190	View salary detail
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$40,820	40	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$40,720	260	View salary detail
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	$40,710	140	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$40,700	50	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$40,560	510	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$40,480	200	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$40,420	50	View salary detail
Bill and Account Collectors	$40,160	100	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$39,890	80	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$39,880	130	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$39,770	150	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	$39,610	50	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$39,590	80	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$39,480	810	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$39,480	50	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$39,160	620	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$39,010	60	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$38,960	70	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$38,890	130	View salary detail
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	$38,800	300	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$38,770	310	View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$38,650	30	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$38,600	170	View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$38,580	70	View salary detail
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners	$38,410	30	View salary detail
Pest Control Workers	$38,410	70	View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$38,370	80	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$38,330	180	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$38,330	180	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$38,330	180	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$38,330	180	View salary detail
Driver/Sales Workers	$38,120	280	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$38,100	40	View salary detail
Health Informatics Specialists	$38,020	260	View salary detail
Computer Systems Analysts	$38,020	260	View salary detail
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$37,710	230	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$37,640	720	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$37,590	40	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$37,560	100	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$37,560	100	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$37,560	100	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$37,560	100	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$37,500	1,860	View salary detail
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$37,460	2,080	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$37,380	430	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$37,370	70	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$37,290	90	View salary detail

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.