Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 91.4) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR moved from $44,870 in May 2024 to $46,610 in May 2025 (+3.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR sits +0.8 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Business Operations Specialists, All Other shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
Business Operations Specialists, All Other publishes $61,640 here versus $83,050 nationally (-25.8%; 2,070metro-area jobs). Next is Waiters and Waitresses at $26,210 locally versus $35,230 nationally (-25.6%).
- Business Operations Specialists, All Other$61,640 in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR sits 25.8% below the national Business Operations Specialists, All Other median of $83,050 (2,070 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$26,210 in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR sits 25.6% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (4,300 published local jobs).
- Software Developers$105,130 in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR sits 22.7% below the national Software Developers median of $135,980 (2,490 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$81,800 in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR sits 22.7% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (7,010 published local jobs).
Business Operations Specialists, All Other and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 22220 · Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $60K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #192/528
- RPP-LOW 91.4
- OCC-MOST 432 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $255K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE +0.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Las Vegas-Hender…
- BOOK-FULL 415 rows · May 2025
Read with Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV (+$40 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rog…
Where Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR already employs the upper wage tier
Financial Managers and Sales Managers lead published employment inside Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 1,880 jobs · $147,410
- 2. Sales Managers 1,140 jobs · $147,270
- 3. Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,050 jobs · $141,940
- 4. Marketing Managers 810 jobs · $175,260
- 5. Lawyers 810 jobs · $126,220
- 6. Industrial Production Managers 670 jobs · $136,410
- 7. Chief Executives 670 jobs · $134,640
- 8. Nurse Practitioners 600 jobs · $127,380
- 9. Physicians, All Other 590 jobs · $254,690
- 10. Computer Programmers 490 jobs · $136,880
- 11. Pharmacists 460 jobs · $138,770
- 12. Human Resources Managers 420 jobs · $137,560
- 13. Dentists, General 410 jobs · $179,940
- 14. Purchasing Managers 410 jobs · $176,300
- 15. Architectural and Engineering Managers 340 jobs · $163,290
- 16. Data Scientists 280 jobs · $125,590
- 17. Public Relations Managers 190 jobs · $177,370
- 18. Physician Assistants 180 jobs · $130,810
Occupations Tracked
432
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$60,282
employment-weighted, 415 complete rows
Top Salary
$254,690
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
91.4
9% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR, 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 | Financial Managers | $147,410 |
| 2 | Sales Managers | $147,270 |
| 3 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $141,940 |
| 4 | Marketing Managers | $175,260 |
| 5 | Lawyers | $126,220 |
| 6 | Industrial Production Managers | $136,410 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $134,640 |
| 8 | Nurse Practitioners | $127,380 |
| 9 | Physicians, All Other | $254,690 |
| 10 | Computer Programmers | $136,880 |
| 11 | Pharmacists | $138,770 |
| 12 | Human Resources Managers | $137,560 |
| 13 | Dentists, General | $179,940 |
| 14 | Purchasing Managers | $176,300 |
| 15 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $163,290 |
| 16 | Data Scientists | $125,590 |
| 17 | Public Relations Managers | $177,370 |
| 18 | Physician Assistants | $130,810 |
| 19 | Natural Sciences Managers | $220,120 |
| 20 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $133,220 |
| 21 | Family Medicine Physicians | $215,820 |
| 22 | Optometrists | $131,890 |
| 23 | Training and Development Managers | $133,060 |
| 24 | Animal Scientists | $240,370 |
| 25 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $221,800 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Order Clerks | $24,230 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $26,210 |
| Bartenders | $26,570 |
| Teachers and Instructors, All Other | $26,750 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,170 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,630 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $27,710 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $27,790 |
| Residential Advisors | $27,920 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,100 |
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 ($60,282 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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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