East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area

241 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 0500002.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Cashiers	1,850
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,830
Office Clerks, General	1,590
General and Operations Managers	1,580
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,470
Retail Salespersons	1,430
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,420
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1,240
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,230
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,210
Nursing Assistants	1,080
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,040
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,020
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	1,000
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	950
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	930
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	930
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	910
Electricians	780
Customer Service Representatives	750

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	37.36	270
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	21.76	240
Crane and Tower Operators	16.09	300
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	15.36	150
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	12.95	120
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	11.35	190
Agricultural Equipment Operators	11.25	140
Millwrights	10.89	190
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	9.39	280
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	6.81	1,240
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	6.53	360
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	6.34	480
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	4.94	130
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	4.71	310
Helpers--Production Workers	4.08	300
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	3.80	730
Postal Service Clerks	3.78	120
Correctional Officers and Jailers	3.63	600
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	3.44	1,020
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	3.23	220

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$258,940
Dentists, General	$201,390
Pharmacists	$133,050
Nurse Practitioners	$121,470
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$116,120
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	$107,650
Materials Engineers	$104,700
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$104,500
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$100,320
Sales Managers	$99,170
Human Resources Managers	$96,270
Physical Therapists	$95,580
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$95,190
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$90,990
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$90,810
Locomotive Engineers	$87,510
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$86,720
Administrative Services Managers	$86,680
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	$86,260
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$84,990

All 241 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	300	$60,690	0.47
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	40	$86,680	0.32
Agricultural Equipment Operators `45-2091`	140	$30,050	11.25
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3011`	50	$60,390	0.81
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	40	$25,480	0.23
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	50	$26,770	0.43
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	40	$116,120	0.38
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	40	$47,460	0.67
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	420	$37,630	1.35
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	40	$33,490	0.82
Bakers `51-3011`	90	$26,660	0.85
Bartenders `35-3011`	70	$23,350	0.21
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	180	$36,680	1.03
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	570	$39,990	0.94
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	410	$38,080	2.31
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	180	$47,390	1.40
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	200	$53,890	0.42
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	70	$28,970	1.14
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	150	$59,180	0.70
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	70	$60,710	1.50
Carpenters `47-2031`	320	$48,200	1.09
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,850	$25,950	1.37
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	40	$81,720	0.45
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	200	$104,500	2.27
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	80	$44,190	0.46
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	390	$27,340	1.73
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	60	$80,510	0.35
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	40	$86,260	0.25
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	260	$37,730	1.58
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	130	$52,260	0.91
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	60	$48,530	0.60
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	220	$42,060	3.23
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers `51-2021`	30	$49,030	5.66
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	90	$54,270	0.48
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	30	$48,780	0.53
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	140	$47,380	1.86
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	40	$66,500	0.17
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	100	$45,310	0.30
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	60	$90,810	0.21
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `19-1031`	30	$69,240	2.99
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	540	$39,300	1.13
Construction Managers `11-9021`	80	$80,420	0.51
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	50	$60,730	0.74
Conveyor Operators and Tenders `53-7011`	150	$36,390	15.36
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	380	$26,380	1.34
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	480	$29,340	2.48
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	350	$28,000	0.57
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	600	$41,960	3.63
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	40	$64,480	0.44
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	170	$31,470	0.95
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	180	$36,120	2.26
Crane and Tower Operators `53-7021`	300	$36,650	16.09
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	750	$37,440	0.66
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	480	$42,060	6.34
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	140	$39,790	0.81
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	110	$82,060	1.08
Dentists, General `29-1021`	60	$201,390	1.10
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	40	$25,720	0.16
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	60	$50,950	0.71
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	150	$33,160	0.85
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	190	$80,330	1.35
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare `11-9031`	100	$36,750	3.17
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	140	$56,460	0.90
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	110	$86,720	1.92
Electricians `47-2111`	780	$47,960	2.35
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	930	$51,340	1.53
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	40	$47,560	0.59
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	100	$28,370	1.28
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	80	$65,450	1.20
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	80	Not available	0.41
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4021`	130	$45,890	4.94
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	190	$48,150	11.35
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	70	$30,530	0.57
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,830	$23,920	1.09
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	240	$95,190	0.66
Firefighters `33-2011`	170	$35,720	1.10
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	340	$62,420	0.96
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers `33-1011`	Not available	$48,630
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	540	$30,700	1.01
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	40	$35,360	0.56
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	460	$63,470	1.72
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$90,990	0.51
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	540	$48,680	0.87
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	30	$34,370	0.66
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	190	$48,210	2.77
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	1,020	$61,210	3.44
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	580	$35,540	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers `33-1091`	30	$48,950	0.90
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	340	$54,950	1.26
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	260	$26,550	0.67
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	170	$26,250	1.32
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	100	$48,610	0.95
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders `51-3091`	120	$37,590	12.95
Funeral Home Managers `11-9171`	40	$43,590	5.80
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,580	$67,600	1.03
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products `45-2041`	60	$37,040	5.52
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$46,440	0.41
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4033`	70	$38,380	2.55
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	40	$40,460	0.49
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `29-9099`	30	$55,860	1.96
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	40	$56,810	0.52
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4191`	90	$40,820	14.49
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	180	$45,400	1.01
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,210	$43,540	1.34
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	80	$32,880	1.80
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	300	$38,990	4.08
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	100	$30,520	1.42
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,230	$26,480	0.65
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	70	$23,910	0.35
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	110	$26,790	0.98
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	40	$96,270	0.43
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	250	$53,370	0.63
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	120	$77,490	0.76
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	730	$48,090	3.80
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	190	$100,320	1.80
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	730	$40,430	2.14
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	50	$38,120	0.90
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	500	$39,210	1.89
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	40	$42,800	0.54
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	60	$66,380	0.62
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	50	$40,630	0.55
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	120	$49,660	0.55
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	190	$37,230	2.86
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	950	$29,060	0.98
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	100	$51,130	2.15
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,420	$35,330	1.10
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	320	$33,690	0.78
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	70	$27,490	0.82
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	110	$52,180	1.96
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	680	$51,580	2.40
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	330	$33,520	0.76
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	90	$39,800	1.29
Loan Officers `13-2072`	130	$77,970	1.08
Locomotive Engineers `53-4011`	30	$87,510	2.20
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	40	$59,780	0.36
Machinists `51-4041`	180	$46,340	1.46
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	360	$27,070	0.94
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	40	$59,750	1.63
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	710	$37,940	1.06
Management Analysts `13-1111`	50	Not available	0.12
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	190	$70,750	0.69
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	120	$58,700	0.30
Materials Engineers `17-2131`	40	$104,700	4.45
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	60	$77,470	0.47
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	150	$36,270	0.43
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	80	$42,660	0.92
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	110	$35,370	0.26
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	260	$84,470	0.99
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	70	$66,930	1.13
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	70	$33,320	1.03
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders `51-4051`	270	$37,110	37.36
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	260	$51,990	0.95
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4035`	50	$44,950	9.41
Millwrights `49-9044`	190	$44,820	10.89
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	1,000	$36,990	1.62
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	60	$44,450	0.79
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	310	$46,810	4.71
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	360	$40,110	6.53
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	60	$60,420	0.41
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	30	$47,170	2.03
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	170	$121,470	1.20
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	1,080	$30,760	1.70
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	60	$73,630	0.90
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	60	$107,650	0.89
Occupational Therapy Assistants `31-2011`	40	$79,600	1.61
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,590	$35,710	1.47
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	90	$34,970	1.11
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	440	$42,900	2.08
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	110	$38,520	0.69
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	160	$34,080	0.66
Paramedics `29-2043`	90	$46,140	2.07
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	220	$35,150	1.90
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	50	$39,440	0.75
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	50	$36,800	1.21
Pharmacists `29-1051`	150	$133,050	1.08
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	260	$37,580	1.25
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	40	$35,800	0.59
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	70	$65,870	1.36
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	90	$95,580	0.80
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	100	$258,940	0.69
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	150	$47,510	0.72
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	430	$39,920	1.46
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	120	$56,740	3.78
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	250	$56,190	1.72
Pourers and Casters, Metal `51-4052`	50	$45,410	27.13
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	310	$28,750	1.47
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	40	$30,680	0.64
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	70	$45,530	1.78
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	280	$37,080	2.57
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	130	$53,780	0.78
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	90	$66,540	0.20
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	50	$46,150	1.93
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	100	$39,130	0.70
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	170	$32,800	2.45
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	140	$33,280	3.14
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	120	$60,440	1.15
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	390	$31,210	0.98
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	50	$30,590	0.34
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	170	$30,940	2.58
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,040	$75,260	0.71
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	50	$62,290	0.81
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,430	$28,540	0.84
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4023`	240	$40,030	21.76
Sales Managers `11-2022`	90	$99,170	0.32
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	130	$45,640	0.24
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	560	$54,170	1.03
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	110	$76,990	0.87
School Bus Monitors `33-9094`	80	$26,640	2.27
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	910	$52,780	1.95
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	580	$34,250	0.77
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	40	$76,810	0.18
Security Guards `33-9032`	170	$30,890	0.31
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	90	$45,520	1.66
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	550	$45,760	1.55
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	100	$27,050	0.88
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	40	$44,120	1.52
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	150	$52,560	1.64
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	230	$36,260	1.22
Software Developers `15-1252`	30	Not available	0.04
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	110	$51,870	0.93
Special Education Teachers, Preschool `25-2051`	Not available	$35,840
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	90	$51,920	1.26
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	120	$80,370	1.53
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,470	$31,020	1.18
Structural Iron and Steel Workers `47-2221`	280	$33,350	9.39
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters `51-2041`	90	$52,450	4.13
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	230	$48,440	1.07
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	30	$46,710	0.60
Surveying and Mapping Technicians `17-3031`	40	$44,920	1.39
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	40	$78,980	0.78
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	930	$28,350	1.50
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	50	$48,440	0.77
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	110	$58,280	2.49
Tellers `43-3071`	330	$34,220	2.32
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	120	$37,230	0.60
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	80	$84,990	0.79
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	30	$37,590	0.56
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	710	$23,480	0.71
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	170	$37,470	3.08
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping `43-5111`	60	$38,000	2.49
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	1,240	$48,410	6.81