Best jobs in Arkansas
The 25 best-scoring occupations in Arkansas, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Arkansas (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (local)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Arkansas pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$422,060 vs $328,730 · +28.4%
$125,660 vs $132,300 · -5.0%
$44,820 vs $53,140 · -15.7%
$26,250 vs $31,200 · -15.9%
$109,390 vs $120,230 · -9.0%
$27,660 vs $35,800 · -22.7%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 671 scored occupations — show all 671show top 25
#
Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
119
$55,120
+0.3%
31
164
$50,570
+3.1%
26
165
$56,810
+3.7%
26
192
$37,630
-1.6%
24
248
$71,830
+1.9%
21
274
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$46,200
+4.6%
20
293
$36,830
+6.3%
19
390
$48,320
+2.0%
16
398
$49,890
+2.3%
16
464
$50,150
+1.2%
14
478
$45,580
-12.1%
14
499
$44,790
-3.8%
13
588
$47,770
-1.1%
10
597
$46,730
-19.6%
10
605
$44,440
-14.4%
10
606
$41,720
-4.3%
10
608
$43,240
-13.7%
10
622
$39,590
-12.0%
9
635
$39,060
-13.6%
9
Live jobs in Arkansas
Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess.