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.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
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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How to use Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR at $254,690/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $60,282 adjusts to about $65,988 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 91.4. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for AR before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.