East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 0500002 · East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $47K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #515/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 238 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $259K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Hot Springs, AR
- BOOK-MOST 236 rows · May 2025
Read with Hot Springs, AR (+$155 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around East Arkansas nonmetropolit…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Medical and Health Services Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 260 jobs · $84,470
- 2. Financial Managers 240 jobs · $95,190
- 3. Chief Executives 200 jobs · $104,500
- 4. Industrial Production Managers 190 jobs · $100,320
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 170 jobs · $121,470
- 6. Pharmacists 150 jobs · $133,050
- 7. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 110 jobs · $86,720
- 8. Dental Hygienists 110 jobs · $82,060
- 9. Physicians, All Other 100 jobs · $258,940
- 10. Sales Managers 90 jobs · $99,170
- 11. Physical Therapists 90 jobs · $95,580
- 12. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 80 jobs · $84,990
- 13. Construction Managers 80 jobs · $80,420
- 14. Dentists, General 60 jobs · $201,390
- 15. Occupational Therapists 60 jobs · $107,650
- 16. Computer and Information Systems Managers 60 jobs · $90,810
- 17. Civil Engineers 60 jobs · $80,510
- 18. First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 50 jobs · $90,990
Occupations Tracked
238
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$47,001
employment-weighted, 236 complete rows
Top Salary
$258,940
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $84,470 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $95,190 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $104,500 |
| 4 | Industrial Production Managers | $100,320 |
| 5 | Nurse Practitioners | $121,470 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $133,050 |
| 7 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $86,720 |
| 8 | Dental Hygienists | $82,060 |
| 9 | Physicians, All Other | $258,940 |
| 10 | Sales Managers | $99,170 |
| 11 | Physical Therapists | $95,580 |
| 12 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $84,990 |
| 13 | Construction Managers | $80,420 |
| 14 | Dentists, General | $201,390 |
| 15 | Occupational Therapists | $107,650 |
| 16 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $90,810 |
| 17 | Civil Engineers | $80,510 |
| 18 | First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers | $90,990 |
| 19 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $116,120 |
| 20 | Materials Engineers | $104,700 |
| 21 | Human Resources Managers | $96,270 |
| 22 | Administrative Services Managers | $86,680 |
| 23 | Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators | $86,260 |
| 24 | Chefs and Head Cooks | $81,720 |
| 25 | Locomotive Engineers | $87,510 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $23,350 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $23,480 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $23,910 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $23,920 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $25,480 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $25,720 |
| Cashiers | $25,950 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | $26,250 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $26,380 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $26,480 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in AR
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside AR. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($47,001 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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