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Arkansas Salary Calculator 2026

Convert hourly ↔ annual salary and benchmark your pay against Arkansas-adjusted BLS medians for 20+ trade roles. Arkansas is pre-selected; includes overtime.

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Hourly ↔ Annual Reference Table

Hourly RateAnnual (2,080 hrs)MonthlyWeekly
$15.00/hr$31,200$2,600$600
$20.00/hr$41,600$3,467$800
$25.00/hr$52,000$4,333$1,000
$30.00/hr$62,400$5,200$1,200
$35.00/hr$72,800$6,067$1,400
$40.00/hr$83,200$6,933$1,600
$45.00/hr$93,600$7,800$1,800
$50.00/hr$104,000$8,667$2,000
$60.00/hr$124,800$10,400$2,400
$75.00/hr$156,000$13,000$3,000
$100.00/hr$208,000$17,333$4,000
$125.00/hr$260,000$21,667$5,000

Salary Calculator FAQ

How do you convert hourly rate to annual salary?

Multiply your hourly rate by 2,080 (40 hours × 52 weeks) for a standard full-time annual salary. Example: $30/hr × 2,080 = $62,400/yr. For overtime weeks, use: (40 hrs × rate) + (OT hrs × rate × 1.5) × number of weeks.

How many working hours are in a year?

Standard full-time: 2,080 hours (40 × 52). Minus 10 federal holidays (80 hrs): 2,000 paid hours. Minus 2 weeks vacation (80 hrs): 1,920 hours actually worked. BLS uses 2,080 for hourly-to-annual conversions. Turnaround and shutdown workers can exceed 3,000 hours/yr with heavy overtime.

What is time-and-a-half overtime?

Under the FLSA, non-exempt employees must receive 1.5× their regular rate for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. Example: $30/hr base · regular week = $1,200 (40 hrs) · one 10-hr OT week = $1,200 + ($30 × 1.5 × 10) = $1,200 + $450 = $1,650. Double time (2×) is not federally required but common in petrochemical and union contracts.

Arkansas Salaries

How Arkansas salaries compare to the national market

Arkansas trade wages run about 12% below the national median (BLS OEWS May 2025), and this calculator applies a 0.88 Arkansas wage index to national medians. Northwest Arkansas is the outlier: the Walmart home-office campus, Tyson and J.B. Hunt have made Benton and Washington counties one of the fastest-growing construction markets in the country, while Mississippi County's steel mills give the northeast corner heavy industrial demand. On the tax side, Arkansas withholds Top rate 3.9%, with no local wage tax on top.

Arkansas: arkansas salary calculator — Arkansas wage index 0.88× national BLS median, Gross vs national ~12% below, State income tax Top rate 3.9%. Simplified outline of Arkansas, stylised and not to scale.
Simplified outline of Arkansas — a stylised shape, not to scale.
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Arkansas trade salaries at a glance (2026 BLS)

Arkansas-adjusted BLS OEWS medians for common skilled trades (national median localised with the 0.88 Arkansas wage index). Enter your own pay in the calculator above to benchmark against any role.

TradeArkansas median / yrNational medianArkansas / hr
Electrician$55,610$63,190$26.74
Plumber$56,140$63,800$26.99
HVAC Technician$53,690$61,010$25.81
Pipefitter$56,140$63,800$26.99
Ironworker$55,250$62,780$26.56
Carpenter$53,310$60,580$25.63

Trade pay by Arkansas metro

Local BLS medians vs the Arkansas state average.

MetroMedianvs state
Northwest Arkansas (Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers)$57,8301.04× state
Little Rock$56,1701.01× state
Fort Smith$52,8300.95× state
Jonesboro$51,7200.93× state
Why do Northwest Arkansas wages run ahead of the rest of the state?

Corporate scale. Walmart's new Bentonville home office, Tyson Foods and J.B. Hunt have drawn suppliers, hospitals and housing into Benton and Washington counties faster than local labour has grown. The result is a metro that competes for crews with Tulsa and Kansas City while the rest of Arkansas prices closer to the rural South.

How accurate is the Arkansas benchmark in this calculator?

The calculator applies a Arkansas wage index (0.88×) to national BLS OEWS medians, a reference estimate, not a quote. Northwest Arkansas (Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers) scale runs above the state figure while rural markets run below it. For exact BLS state and metro medians with percentiles, use the Arkansas salary guide.

Does a Arkansas salary go as far as the number suggests?

Not entirely. Arkansas withholds Top rate 3.9% from every paycheck, with no local wage tax on top, which costs roughly $2,535 a year on a $65,000 salary before any local layer. That is why a gross figure here is not directly comparable with one from a no-income-tax state; run both through the Arkansas paycheck calculator to compare take-home.

What is the median trade salary in Arkansas?

It varies by role: the Arkansas electrician median is about $55,610, plumbers $56,140, HVAC technicians $53,690, and pipefitters $56,140 (BLS OEWS May 2025, Arkansas-adjusted). Enter your own pay in the calculator to see your percentile against any role.

How is the Arkansas wage index applied?

National BLS OEWS medians are multiplied by a 0.88 Arkansas factor to localise them, reflecting that Arkansas gross pay runs about 12% below the national average. Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. It is a reference estimate, not an employer offer.

Which Arkansas metros pay trades the most?

Northwest Arkansas pays the most, roughly 4% above the state figure, on corporate-campus, healthcare and residential volume around Bentonville and Fayetteville. Little Rock sits near parity on state government and hospital work, Fort Smith runs below it, and Jonesboro is lowest of the four despite steady agricultural-industrial demand.

Do Arkansas trade wages include overtime?

The benchmark medians are base pay. Arkansas follows the federal 1.5x-after-40 standard, and the state's steel mills and poultry-processing plants schedule heavy overtime during outages and peak runs. This calculator lets you add overtime hours at 1.5x (or 2x) to model total annual pay.

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Sources & methodology

Salary figures are U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS (May 2025) national medians localised with a 0.88 Arkansas wage index; hourly rates assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Primary sources: BLS OEWS · Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration · Arkansas Division of Workforce Services. Reviewed 2026-07-25 by the GlobalCybers Data Desk · reference estimates, not an offer of pay. Full methodology →

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