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.
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.
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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How to use Jonesboro, AR wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Jonesboro, AR at $312,020/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $51,228 adjusts to about $59,653 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 85.9. 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.