Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

Across all occupations in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metropolitan area, the median wage is $45,790 a year ($22.02 an hour) and the mean $58,000, May 2025. That median is −10% against the US median of $50,980 and +5% against Arkansas's $43,630. BLS counts 358,210 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is nurse anesthetists; the largest is registered nurses.

All occupations: Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR vs Arkansas and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR area, Arkansas and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	Hourly	$13.23	$16.05	$22.02	$31.18	$47.64	$27.88	358,210
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	Annual	$27,520	$33,370	$45,790	$64,840	$99,090	$58,000	358,210
Arkansas	Hourly	$12.99	$15.33	$20.98	$29.74	$45.55	$26.39	1,303,630
Arkansas	Annual	$27,020	$31,880	$43,630	$61,850	$94,740	$54,890	1,303,630
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

513 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Arkansas. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Nurse Anesthetists	$224,280	$107.83	**
2	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$214,790	*	1,560
3	Family Medicine Physicians	$205,910	$98.99	**
4	Dentists, General	$172,250	$82.81	240
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$148,930	$71.60	390
6	Pharmacists	$136,700	$65.72	1,020
7	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$130,750	*	50
8	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Arkansas	$129,700	$62.35	1,290
8	Purchasing Managers	$129,700	$62.36	210
10	Chief Executives	$129,490	$62.26	**
11	Power Distributors and Dispatchers	$127,180	$61.15	140
12	Nurse Practitioners	$126,680	$60.90	1,360
13	Computer Network Architects	$124,820	$60.01	330
14	Psychiatrists	$124,750	$59.97	90
15	Psychologists, All Other	$124,650	$59.93	60
16	Industrial Production Managers	$124,550	$59.88	430
17	Computer Hardware Engineers	$124,510	$59.86	70
18	Database Architects	$121,490	$58.41	100
19	Financial Managers in Arkansas	$119,360	$57.38	2,320
20	Optometrists	$114,360	$54.98	70

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Registered Nurses in Arkansas	11,550	32.23	1.48	$81,070
2	Retail Salespersons in Arkansas	10,620	29.66	1.18	$29,150
3	General and Operations Managers in Arkansas	9,330	26.05	1.16	$76,080
4	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Arkansas	8,720	24.35	0.98	$27,470
5	Stockers and Order Fillers in Arkansas	7,990	22.31	1.22	$35,340
6	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Arkansas	7,910	22.09	1.67	$57,050
7	Office Clerks, General in Arkansas	7,800	21.78	1.37	$37,250
8	Cashiers in Arkansas	7,300	20.37	1.03	$27,720
9	Customer Service Representatives in Arkansas	6,650	18.56	1.11	$38,160
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Arkansas	5,870	16.38	0.86	$37,440
11	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Arkansas	5,770	16.10	0.58	$27,840
12	Nursing Assistants in Arkansas	5,250	14.66	1.57	$35,370
13	Waiters and Waitresses in Arkansas	5,120	14.28	0.98	$24,610
14	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Arkansas	4,990	13.92	0.98	$29,660
15	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Arkansas	4,240	11.84	1.28	$58,720
16	Cooks, Restaurant in Arkansas	3,560	9.94	1.10	$30,690
17	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Arkansas	3,480	9.72	1.10	$44,470
18	Receptionists and Information Clerks in Arkansas	3,390	9.46	1.62	$35,790
19	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Arkansas	3,330	9.29	1.17	$55,190
20	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Arkansas	3,210	8.97	1.00	$58,580

Most concentrated occupations in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	8.51	320	0.90	$64,620
2	Power Distributors and Dispatchers	7.11	140	0.39	$127,180
3	Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	4.42	120	0.35	$45,640
4	Calibration Technologists and Technicians	4.23	160	0.45	*
5	Psychiatric Aides	4.09	330	0.93	$36,360
6	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	3.60	290	0.81	$37,660
7	Agricultural Inspectors	3.50	120	0.32	$40,530
8	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	3.20	1,090	3.05	$35,330
9	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	3.06	1,560	4.35	$214,790
10	Surveying and Mapping Technicians	3.05	410	1.14	$45,990

Occupation groups in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$88,860	$106,180	28,360	79.17	1.11
Computer and Mathematical	$81,450	$86,960	8,040	22.44	0.66
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$78,730	$93,800	32,180	89.85	1.42
Architecture and Engineering	$75,760	$81,860	4,090	11.43	0.68
Legal	$71,860	$100,880	3,170	8.86	1.06
Business and Financial Operations	$64,080	$74,350	21,110	58.94	0.87
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$60,320	$68,640	2,590	7.23	0.76
Educational Instruction and Library	$52,610	$67,520	19,350	54.02	0.92
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$49,990	$56,630	15,670	43.75	1.12
Community and Social Service	$48,500	$53,370	5,170	14.44	0.84
Construction and Extraction	$46,040	$48,260	13,650	38.11	0.92
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$45,750	$51,330	3,550	9.90	0.75
Protective Service	$45,510	$49,960	7,920	22.11	0.91
Production	$44,090	$46,910	18,060	50.40	0.92
Office and Administrative Support	$41,600	$44,810	43,620	121.78	1.07
Transportation and Material Moving	$40,440	$44,980	35,150	98.13	1.12
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$38,580	$43,320	510	1.43	0.51
Healthcare Support	$33,710	$35,570	16,430	45.88	0.90
Sales and Related	$33,560	$44,450	33,020	92.17	1.07
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$30,960	$34,130	9,590	26.78	0.92
Personal Care and Service	$29,140	$34,040	6,160	17.21	0.82
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$27,950	$30,610	30,800	85.98	0.98

Every occupation in Arkansas, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 513 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR estimates (area 30780).

*: Wage estimate not available.
**: Employment estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.