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West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area

288 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 0500003.

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

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.

Highest median wage

OccupationMedian annual
Dentists, General$180,990
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$171,710
Pharmacists$136,750
Nurse Practitioners$128,350
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$113,890
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)$111,300
Electrical Engineers$105,980
Sales Managers$104,010
Veterinarians$101,500
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)$101,130
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)$100,050
Gas Plant Operators$100,020
Software Developers$98,880
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)$96,420
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$95,930
Computer and Information Systems Managers$92,260
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$91,170
Human Resources Managers$89,260
Lawyers$88,100
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$87,920
All 288 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011360$63,7500.45
Administrative Services Managers 11-301250$69,3300.34
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-301140$58,3000.55
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091110$25,7300.48
Animal Caretakers 39-202190$28,4300.60
Architectural and Civil Drafters 17-301130$58,1800.59
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904170$171,7100.54
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 25-112150$57,9101.01
Athletic Trainers 29-909130$57,9401.80
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302190$46,4801.08
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023510$37,8701.31
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-603150$34,3100.90
Bakers 51-3011140$28,5701.06
Bartenders 35-3011180$26,6600.43
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021230$36,5401.04
Biological Scientists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 19-102950$79,4401.72
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031650$41,4100.86
Brickmasons and Blockmasons 47-202160$55,1002.06
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051440$46,0801.99
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031320$46,1501.97
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199400$61,6800.67
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-3021180$39,5602.39
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020190$65,4600.72
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1194140$64,7102.25
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2032100$61,4801.55
Cargo and Freight Agents (2 O*NET occupations) 43-5011Not available$50,960
Carpenters 47-2031200$45,1100.54
Cashiers 41-20112,670$26,7401.57
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-2051100$40,1000.88
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101160$36,7800.52
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-1011200$113,8901.80
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-102190$41,8600.42
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011420$27,2501.49
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-205140$96,4200.19
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-103150$68,1900.30
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061370$34,1001.76
Clergy 21-201130$54,6101.03
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010170$45,6900.91
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022160$42,0601.20
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-912490$44,2501.04
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041140$63,1300.63
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123160$55,9200.72
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-9161210$47,4002.25
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-129930$68,7500.13
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-121160$74,5700.20
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232120$43,3300.31
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-302190$92,2600.25
Construction Laborers 47-2061720$37,2801.19
Construction Managers 11-902180$73,1900.36
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401140$48,6300.52
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door 49-901270$79,1602.50
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011190$26,5500.53
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012630$28,6502.61
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014640$28,4700.82
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012Not available$36,290
Cost Estimators 13-105180$52,0000.63
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021160$31,2900.74
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031290$35,9702.89
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902130$45,8002.40
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051900$36,4100.63
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-903250$45,0502.22
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4031240$37,9402.54
Data Entry Keyers 43-902140$36,1100.53
Dental Assistants 31-9091170$37,0700.79
Dental Hygienists 29-1292100$83,6400.80
Dentists, General 29-102160$180,9900.92
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302140$53,3800.58
Dietitians and Nutritionists 29-103140Not available0.84
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011130$25,9300.42
Dishwashers 35-9021190$26,0000.73
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032100$49,8100.88
Drafters, All Other 17-301930$48,0203.85
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031130$39,7600.57
Education Administrators, All Other 11-903950$72,7101.70
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032260$82,0701.41
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-9033200$74,8702.01
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 11-903190$36,2102.34
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other 25-909980$40,1401.24
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012210$57,9601.10
Electrical Engineers 17-207150$105,9800.42
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051140$82,0601.87
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) 51-202850$47,2100.35
Electricians 47-2111370$57,0100.89
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-20211,220$51,7601.60
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-406130$48,8600.39
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-204280$33,8800.84
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 17-302930$69,2400.94
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 25-112350$61,2601.58
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011110$47,8100.44
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9041200$46,8706.06
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301360$91,1700.66
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-304150$47,2502.18
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 45-2093150$28,0208.18
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30233,150$23,8701.48
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031280$95,9300.61
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205140$51,3100.20
Firefighters 33-201190$37,5400.47
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011440$61,3400.99
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 33-1011Not available$46,810
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 45-101150$57,9003.18
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012940$28,9301.39
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011110$35,9901.08
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101260$49,7300.77
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011550$75,1501.61
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101250$54,4000.40
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011680$49,1800.85
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102250$36,6500.78
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-1012170$55,3701.98
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-10111,090$62,3602.93
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011780$35,9501.27
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 33-1091Not available$85,360
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047300$63,0600.87
Floral Designers 27-102340$23,9001.92
Food Batchmakers 51-3092280$40,5902.94
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021390$27,2700.78
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041200$27,2301.21
Food Service Managers 11-9051190$54,6101.43
Forest and Conservation Technicians 19-4071130$54,9507.88
Foresters 19-103230$71,2805.74
Gas Plant Operators 51-809230$100,0203.34
General and Operations Managers 11-10211,900$63,7200.98
Graphic Designers 27-102430$43,9100.32
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-403350$49,2801.48
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-501240$23,9900.23
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers 47-4041100$46,3203.47
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-209930$45,2400.33
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102250$46,3600.51
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021310$46,8501.37
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30322,360$48,0302.08
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-909860$33,2801.09
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051150$34,9601.75
History Teachers, Postsecondary 25-112540$58,0703.69
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-1120880$26,6700.37
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031170$25,7200.71
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081190$27,6001.32
Human Resources Managers 11-312150$89,2600.41
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071250$53,7300.50
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-2112100$101,1300.49
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041640$60,4602.63
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051200$100,0501.46
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-70511,170$41,4902.74
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-419950$41,6600.62
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061550$38,7401.67
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-909980$48,3100.81
Instructional Coordinators 25-903190$75,7100.73
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021220$59,0000.84
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-4111160$35,6201.99
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,490$28,7401.22
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2012160$50,5802.64
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70621,440$33,8300.89
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011330$34,5500.63
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-601180$26,9600.76
Lawyers 23-1011120$88,1000.29
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-4022140$58,1901.92
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061780$54,4602.17
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-909240$24,1400.51
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033400$35,1500.74
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-4131140$38,3001.57
Loan Officers 13-2072200$60,1801.31
Lodging Managers 11-908140$46,9601.79
Logging Equipment Operators 45-4022410$48,16035.31
Machine Feeders and Offbearers 53-7063550$45,55023.81
Machinists 51-4041260$48,0701.64
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012470$27,4800.98
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 49-9043150$52,6904.60
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-90711,110$40,9701.32
Management Analysts 13-1111110$65,0800.22
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199290$74,4800.85
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161170$50,2900.35
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-102230$59,2401.31
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-3022720$34,6208.94
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-214150$72,7800.32
Medical Assistants 31-9092200$37,1400.44
Medical Records Specialists 29-2072110$36,9101.02
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013130$35,6800.25
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111310$86,0700.93
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-102380$59,9901.08
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102640$33,0400.39
Meter Readers, Utilities 43-504130$37,3403.24
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022600$52,6101.74
Millwrights 49-9044100$64,5604.48
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2090830$35,5001.07
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902370$39,8901.39
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-304260$52,5100.58
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4072130$46,8501.62
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers 39-403130$33,9602.31
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4081150$35,7102.15
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-124460$77,3300.35
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171150$128,3500.83
Nursing Assistants 31-11311,200$32,3901.51
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary 25-107270$63,5001.59
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501170$76,1400.91
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112290$111,3000.98
Office Clerks, General 43-90612,010$36,0601.48
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-9199100$31,8800.95
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073440$43,9401.67
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208130$63,6700.85
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics 49-305340$34,6102.11
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111490$36,0402.37
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064410$34,1801.32
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-214140$43,6600.29
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-201190$45,8400.42
Paramedics 29-2043110$46,7801.93
Parts Salespersons 41-2022220$30,4401.45
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators 47-207190$38,0503.96
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305150$42,1200.57
Pest Control Workers 37-202160$36,6201.06
Pharmacists 29-1051190$136,7501.08
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052340$36,7601.29
Phlebotomists 31-909740$35,5500.56
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202190$61,3401.46
Physical Therapists 29-1123120$84,7000.82
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-1229270$58,7101.41
Pipelayers 47-215130$37,7501.65
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152220$47,4400.85
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051530$43,3501.43
Postal Service Clerks 43-5051120$58,8803.05
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052270$59,3501.49
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 25-119970$45,7900.90
Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other 49-906960Not available10.70
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011250$28,3400.96
Printing Press Operators 51-511290$46,4701.18
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-109280$49,0601.65
Production Workers, All Other 51-9199140$36,9301.03
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061130$47,5200.60
Project Management Specialists 13-1082190$80,5700.32
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-202060$52,8402.02
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-9141100$43,4800.56
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 33-909940$37,4400.98
Psychiatric Technicians 29-205350$41,9000.53
Public Relations Specialists 27-303150$58,9900.29
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-5031180$35,7103.13
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034130$61,3800.99
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-9022Not available$43,770
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171520$31,3001.03
Recreation Workers 39-9032110$28,7500.59
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-7081140$34,0501.71
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,170$75,8500.63
Rehabilitation Counselors 21-1015100$26,5701.98
Residential Advisors 39-904180$41,2801.61
Respiratory Therapists 29-112660$66,8800.73
Retail Salespersons 41-20312,090$28,0900.97
Rock Splitters, Quarry 47-505170Not available37.78
Sales Managers 11-202270$104,0100.20
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091160$48,4500.23
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012390$52,9500.57
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 51-7041400$35,34017.77
School Bus Monitors 33-909440$26,5200.81
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-20311,270$56,7902.17
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014630$36,8700.67
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-303170Not available0.25
Security Guards 33-9032430$38,5200.61
Sewing Machine Operators 51-603150$32,4900.90
Sheet Metal Workers 47-221170$37,9301.00
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071470$39,4201.04
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-3053100$27,4600.73
Social and Community Service Managers 11-9151210$52,1001.80
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093330$30,6601.37
Software Developers 15-125240$98,8800.05
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052130$51,4000.90
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-205780$54,1201.46
Special Education Teachers, Preschool 25-205140$27,8502.50
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2058100$51,7101.15
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-1127100$73,8101.02
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70652,240$35,2101.44
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters 51-204170$37,9102.33
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018210$50,0800.77
Surgical Technologists 29-205580$44,8301.16
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 17-303140$49,8501.39
Tax Preparers 13-208240$36,2301.03
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 25-309990$24,3001.36
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-90451,010$28,9301.30
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary 25-904490$22,8800.95
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202270$49,7400.88
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-9052100$60,4101.90
Tellers 43-3071380$31,6502.10
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-3093100$33,7901.75
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 23-209340$47,1601.50
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151220$43,7700.88
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307150$87,9200.42
Tutors 25-304130$51,7500.34
Veterinarians 29-113140$101,5000.91
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-9096120$30,0501.79
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30311,070$23,4900.85
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031200$43,4202.90
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 43-511190$45,9303.08
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121330$47,5401.43
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 51-7042220$29,4206.38