Hot Springs, AR Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 85.7) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Hot Springs, AR moved from $36,010 in May 2024 to $36,540 in May 2025 (+1.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Hot Springs, AR sits -1.6 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 26300 · Hot Springs, AR $47K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #514/528
- RPP-QUIET 85.7
- OCC-THIN 182 occs
- TOP-LEAD General Intern… · $292K
- EMP-MIX Registered N…
- TREND-INLINE -1.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Hattiesburg, MS
- BOOK-MOST 182 rows · May 2025
Read with Hattiesburg, MS (+$69 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 Hot Springs, AR
Where Hot Springs, AR already employs the upper wage tier
Registered Nurses and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Hot Springs, AR's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Registered Nurses 1,160 jobs · $78,590
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 220 jobs · $92,320
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 210 jobs · $122,940
- 4. Physicians, All Other 130 jobs · $181,120
- 5. Financial Managers 120 jobs · $95,010
- 6. Pharmacists 100 jobs · $135,200
- 7. Occupational Therapists 100 jobs · $82,410
- 8. Chief Executives 90 jobs · $119,990
- 9. Physical Therapists 90 jobs · $97,260
- 10. Lawyers 90 jobs · $92,700
- 11. Sales Managers 80 jobs · $107,240
- 12. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 80 jobs · $101,100
- 13. Loan Officers 70 jobs · $83,990
- 14. Dental Hygienists 70 jobs · $82,970
- 15. Dentists, General 60 jobs · $161,820
- 16. Software Developers 60 jobs · $117,610
- 17. Industrial Production Managers 60 jobs · $103,580
- 18. Speech-Language Pathologists 60 jobs · $79,060
Occupations Tracked
182
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$47,156
employment-weighted, 182 complete rows
Top Salary
$292,120
General Internal Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
85.7
14% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Hot Springs, 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 | Registered Nurses | $78,590 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $92,320 |
| 3 | Nurse Practitioners | $122,940 |
| 4 | Physicians, All Other | $181,120 |
| 5 | Financial Managers | $95,010 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $135,200 |
| 7 | Occupational Therapists | $82,410 |
| 8 | Chief Executives Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $119,990 |
| 9 | Physical Therapists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $97,260 |
| 10 | Lawyers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $92,700 |
| 11 | Sales Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $107,240 |
| 12 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $101,100 |
| 13 | Loan Officers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $83,990 |
| 14 | Dental Hygienists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $82,970 |
| 15 | Dentists, General Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $161,820 |
| 16 | Software Developers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $117,610 |
| 17 | Industrial Production Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $103,580 |
| 18 | Speech-Language Pathologists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $79,060 |
| 19 | Computer and Information Systems Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $102,950 |
| 20 | Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $81,330 |
| 21 | General Internal Medicine Physicians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $292,120 |
| 22 | Marketing Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $92,100 |
| 23 | Physician Assistants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $122,720 |
| 24 | Network and Computer Systems Administrators Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $87,420 |
| 25 | Aerospace Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $79,610 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Hot Springs, AR
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $23,350 |
| Bartenders | $23,350 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $23,550 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $24,060 |
| Parking Attendants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $24,260 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $25,740 |
| Dishwashers | $26,110 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $26,340 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,350 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $26,850 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
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 ($47,156 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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How to use Hot Springs, AR wage figures in a real decision
- General Internal Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Hot Springs, AR at $292,120/year (a small-sample estimate from fewer than 100 workers); open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. General Internal Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $47,156 adjusts to about $55,005 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 85.7. 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.