Jonesboro, AR Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 85.9) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Jonesboro, AR moved from $39,900 in May 2024 to $42,240 in May 2025 (+5.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Jonesboro, AR sits +2.8 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 27860 · Jonesboro, AR $51K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #456/528
- RPP-QUIET 85.9
- OCC-MID 249 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $312K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-AHEAD +2.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Middle Georgia n…
- BOOK-MOST 248 rows · May 2025
Read with Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area ($2 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 Jonesboro, AR
Where Jonesboro, AR already employs the upper wage tier
Medical and Health Services Managers and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Jonesboro, AR's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 350 jobs · $97,300
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 280 jobs · $126,760
- 3. Financial Managers 250 jobs · $103,230
- 4. Speech-Language Pathologists 240 jobs · $91,020
- 5. Physical Therapists 190 jobs · $100,010
- 6. Pharmacists 170 jobs · $133,520
- 7. Chief Executives 140 jobs · $120,020
- 8. Occupational Therapists 140 jobs · $106,360
- 9. Physicians, All Other 130 jobs · $312,020
- 10. Sales Managers 120 jobs · $104,670
- 11. Industrial Production Managers 90 jobs · $109,210
- 12. Lawyers 90 jobs · $92,510
- 13. Computer and Information Systems Managers 80 jobs · $123,630
- 14. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 80 jobs · $103,100
- 15. Loan Officers 80 jobs · $94,960
- 16. Industrial Engineers 70 jobs · $101,150
- 17. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 70 jobs · $88,360
- 18. Dentists, General 60 jobs · $169,850
Occupations Tracked
249
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$51,228
employment-weighted, 248 complete rows
Top Salary
$312,020
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
85.9
14% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Jonesboro, 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 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $97,300 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $126,760 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $103,230 |
| 4 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $91,020 |
| 5 | Physical Therapists | $100,010 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $133,520 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $120,020 |
| 8 | Occupational Therapists | $106,360 |
| 9 | Physicians, All Other | $312,020 |
| 10 | Sales Managers | $104,670 |
| 11 | Industrial Production Managers | $109,210 |
| 12 | Lawyers | $92,510 |
| 13 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $123,630 |
| 14 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $103,100 |
| 15 | Loan Officers | $94,960 |
| 16 | Industrial Engineers | $101,150 |
| 17 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $88,360 |
| 18 | Dentists, General | $169,850 |
| 19 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $100,080 |
| 20 | Therapists, All Other | $97,190 |
| 21 | Purchasing Managers | $95,290 |
| 22 | Electrical Engineers | $95,250 |
| 23 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | $269,990 |
| 24 | Physician Assistants | $117,660 |
| 25 | Marketing Managers | $112,820 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Jonesboro, AR
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary | $23,080 |
| Bartenders | $24,460 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $24,680 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $26,260 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $26,580 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,840 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $26,850 |
| Healthcare Support Workers, All Other | $26,870 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | $26,970 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $27,430 |
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 ($51,228 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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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.