Paycheck Yourself: The Average Salary of 91 Arkansas Occupations
By NEXT Staff on Monday, September 8, 2014
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.
This is just a sampling of jobs you can get in Arkansas. For more options, salary amounts and the latest figures (2013), visit the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
| OCCUPATION | AVERAGE SALARY |
|---|---|
| Accountants | $62,560 |
| Advertising Sales Agents | $46,730 |
| Aerospace Engineers | $71,010 |
| Agricultural & Food Science Techs | $33,460 |
| Aircraft Mechanics | $45,030 |
| Artists (Painters, Sculpters, etc.) | $37,140 |
| Art Directors | $52,750 |
| Athletic Trainers | $41,850 |
| Audio & Video Technicians | $33,150 |
| Automotive Service Technicians | $34,400 |
| Bartenders | $17,850 |
| Brickmasons | $35,470 |
| Carpenters | $33,390 |
| Chemical Engineers | $80,700 |
| Chemists | $71,990 |
| Childcare Workers | $18,060 |
| Chiropractors | $94,720 |
| Civil Engineers | $72,760 |
| Clergy | $40,970 |
| Coaches/Scouts | $50,030 |
| Computer Programmers | $68,350 |
| Computer User Support Specialists | $40,380 |
| Conservation Scientist | $68,670 |
| Court Reporters | $48,450 |
| Credit Analysts | $51,270 |
| Dental Hygienists | $61,030 |
| Detectives & Criminal Investigators | $52,520 |
| Dieticians & Nutritionists | $48,970 |
| Editors | $43,220 |
| Electrical Engineers | $74,820 |
| Electricians | $42,470 |
| Elementary School Teachers | $44,490 |
| Emergency Management Directors | $40,780 |
| Environmental Engineers | $80,330 |
| Explosives Workers | $36,850 |
| Farmers | $69,590 |
| Film & Video Editors | $36,230 |
| Financial Analysts | $74,420 |
| Firefighters | $34,600 |
| Floral Designers | $22,670 |
| Food Scientists & Technologists | $68,310 |
| Foresters | $57,360 |
| Funeral Attendants | $21,600 |
| Graphic Designers | $38,590 |
| Hairdressers/Hairstylists | $25,050 |
| Home Health Aides | $18,390 |
| Industrial Engineers | $72,530 |
| Insurance Sales Agents | $51,350 |
| Interior Designers | $41,900 |
| Interpreters & Translators | $31,720 |
| Janitors | $20,860 |
| Landscape Architects | $49,360 |
| Lawyers | $101,340 |
| Legal Secretaries | $33,390 |
| Librarians | $51,440 |
| Massage Therapists | $33,660 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $72,390 |
| Microbiologists | $72,660 |
| Middle School Teachers | $46,730 |
| Nuclear Medicine Technologists | $62,290 |
| Occupational Therapists | $53,190 |
| Optometrists | $108,770 |
| Paralegals | $39,660 |
| Personal Financial Advisers | $73,450 |
| Pest Control Workers | $28,090 |
| Pharmacists | $109,470 |
| Pharmacy Techs | $27,140 |
| Photographers | $27,610 |
| Physical Therapist | $77,040 |
| Physician Assistants | $79,350 |
| Police Patrol Officers | $37,050 |
| Public Relations Specialist | $45,790 |
| Radiation Therapists | $73,110 |
| Radio & Television Announcers | $29,430 |
| Radiologic Technologists | $46,620 |
| Real Estate Agents | $38,910 |
| Registered Nurses | $56,150 |
| Reporters/Correspondents | $30,860 |
| Secondary Education Teachers | $47,970 |
| Secretaries & Administrative Assistants | $28,080 |
| Social Workers | $35,800 |
| Software Developers | $79,640 |
| Special Education Teachers | $49,250 |
| Speech Pathologists | $70,510 |
| Technical Writers | $46,930 |
| Telemarketers | $19,710 |
| Truck Drivers | $36,600 |
| Veterinarians | $87,580 |
| Waiters/Waitresses | $17,170 |
| Welders | $35,400 |
| Zoologists/Wildlife Biologists | $52,070 |
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| OCCUPATION | AVERAGE SALARY |
|---|---|
| Anesthesiologists | $235,070 |
| Surgeons | $233,150 |
| Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons | $218,960 |
| Obstetricians & Gynecologists | $212,570 |
| Orthodontists | $196,270 |
| Physicians & Surgeons | $191,880 |
| Internists | $188,440 |
| Family & General Practitioners | $183,940 |
| Psychiatrists | $182,660 |
| Chief Executives | $178,400 |
| Pediatricians | $170,530 |
| Dentists | $170,340 |
| Nurse Anesthetists | $157,690 |
| Petroleum Engineers | $149,180 |
| Architectural & Engineering Managers | $136,540 |
| Podiatrists | $135,070 |
| Marketing Managers | $133,700 |
| Natural Sciences Managers | $132,850 |
| Information Systems Managers | $132,570 |
| Lawyers | $131,990 |
| Airline Pilots, Copilots & Flight Engineers | $129,600 |
| Financial Managers | $126,660 |
| Top Executives within Companies | $121,010 |
| Air Traffic Controllers | $118,650 |
| Physicists | $117,040 |
