If you want to be a ________ in Arkansas, you’ll make $_______.

Fill in the blanks with our guide to Arkansas occupations and the average salaries professionals make in that field.

Accountants     $59,100
Advertising Sales Agents     $42,730
Aerospace Engineers    $70,400
Aircraft Mechanics     $44,900
Art Directors    $50,440
Athletic Trainers     $40,190
Audio & Video Technicians    $32,680
Automotive Service Technicians    $33,530
Bartenders    $18,370
Brickmasons    $39,600
Carpenters     $33,970
Chemical Engineers    $80,040
Chemists     $67,890
Childcare Workers    $17,890
Chiropractors    $82,750
Civil Engineers     $72,050
Clergy     $38,050
Coaches/Scouts     $48,870
Computer Programmers     $66,600
Computer Support Specialists    $41,710
Computer Systems Analysts    $65,030
Computer Application Software Developers    $73,550
Court Reporters     $37,080
Credit Analysts    $48,210
Dental Hygienists    $60,380
Desktop Publishers     $31,090
Detectives & Criminal Investigators    $52,010
Dieticians & Nutritionists    $50,700
Electricians     $41,290
Electrical Engineers    $74,130
Elementary School Teachers     $44,580
Emergency Management Directors    $39,970
Engineering Technicians    $53,120
Environmental Engineers    $78,640
Explosives Workers     $35,650
Film & Video Editors    $43,560
Financial Analysts     $70,150
Firefighters     $34,810
Floral Designers    $23,310
Food Scientists & Technologists    $52,200
Forest & Conservation Workers    $34,940
Funeral Attendants    $21,270
Graphic Designers     $36,060
Hairdressers/Hairstylists     $26,620
Home Health Aides    $18,270
Industrial Engineers    $69,030
Insurance Sales Agents    $49,640
Interior Designers     $36,190
Interpreters & Translators    $32,400
Janitors     $20,310
Judges     $56,060
Landscape Architects    $51,460
Librarians     $53,200
Mechanical Engineers    $68,060
Microbiologists     $68,820
Middle School Teachers    $46,450
Multimedia Artists & Animators     $62,980
Nuclear Medicine Technologists    $64,760
Occupational Therapists    $76,540
Optometrists     $94,070
Paralegals    $36,820
Pest Control Workers     $37,010
Personal Financial Advisers    $102,680
Pharmacists     $105,570
Pharmacy Aides    $19,830
Photographers     $28,920
Physical Therapists    $78,960
Physical Therapist Assistants    $49,270
Physician Assistants    $67,420
Police Patrol Officers     $36,660
Public Relations Managers    $92,000
Radiation Therapists    $73,150
Radio & Television Announcers    $32,040
Radiologic Technologists    $45,050
Real Estate Agents    $33,150
Registered Nurses     $56,990
Reporters/Correspondents     $30,430
Secondary Education Teachers     $47,370
Secretaries     $26,950
Social Workers     $43,250
Speech-Language Pathologists     $69,150
Special Education, Elementary Teachers    $46,220
Technical Writers     $44,310
Telemarketers     $23,350
Truck Drivers    $38,130
Veterinarians     $75,450
Waiters/Waitresses     $17,870
Welders     $34,100
Zoologists     $54,200

This is just a sampling of jobs you can get in Arkansas. For more options and salary amounts, visit here.
It’s where we found our data – the latest figures (2011) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Top 25 Highest-Paying Jobs in America

Anesthesiologists    $234,950
Surgeons    $231,550
Obstetricians & Gynecologists    $218,610
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons    $217,380
Orthodontists    $204,670
Internists, General    $189,210
Physicians & Surgeons, All Other    $184,650
Family & General Practitioners    $177,330
Chief Executives    $176,550
Psychiatrists    $174,170
Pediatricians, General    $168,650
Dentists, All Other Specialists    $168,000
Dentists, General    $161,750
Petroleum Engineers    $138,980
Podiatrists    $133,870
Prosthodontists    $130,820
Lawyers    $130,490
Architectural & Engineering Managers    $129,350
Natural Sciences Managers    $128,230
Marketing Managers    $126,190
Computer & Information Systems Managers    $125,660
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists    $124,160
Financial Managers    $120,450
Airline Pilots, Copilots & Flight Engineers    $118,070
Sales Managers    $116,860