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Fort Smith, AR-OK

303 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 22900.

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
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$258,130
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$170,960
Dentists, General$165,060
Pharmacists$133,520
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$131,100
Nurse Practitioners$129,270
Purchasing Managers$125,330
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)$119,840
Computer and Information Systems Managers$114,760
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$114,550
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations)$114,270
Software Developers$114,140
Optometrists$109,200
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)$106,520
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$104,990
Veterinarians$104,110
Human Resources Managers$103,580
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$103,300
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)$100,330
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers$100,140
All 303 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011520$62,9900.59
Administrative Services Managers 11-301280$90,6400.46
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-301130$63,1700.36
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 53-201140$170,9600.63
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091130$26,9300.53
Animal Caretakers 39-2021100$32,7200.60
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 17-101140$79,9600.59
Architectural and Civil Drafters 17-301150$59,8200.76
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-9041100$131,1000.75
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302170$46,5300.80
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023550$42,0301.28
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-603160$35,4400.96
Bakers 51-3011170$29,5201.20
Bartenders 35-3011200$23,8300.42
Bill and Account Collectors 43-3011100$40,1601.05
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021320$41,0801.29
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031960$45,0101.13
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys 27-301130$34,6002.62
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051260$40,7201.04
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity 53-305270$47,9100.68
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031380$52,4802.15
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199410$58,7100.62
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-3021100$34,3401.22
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020230$57,3800.75
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 51-7011110$45,0902.32
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians 29-203150$74,2701.27
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-119470$57,0800.97
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-203280$66,3101.13
Cargo and Freight Agents (2 O*NET occupations) 43-5011130$46,4702.12
Carpenters 47-2031240$42,4200.57
Cashiers 41-20112,180$27,4801.15
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-2051130$38,8901.02
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 51-901140$40,8200.52
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-1011210$114,5501.63
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021170$42,9900.71
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011360$27,9401.14
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051110$100,3300.48
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-1031100$77,7600.51
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061420$34,9201.80
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010230$45,2101.10
Coaches and Scouts 27-202270$38,9600.43
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9124120$47,8001.26
Community Health Workers 21-109440$58,6901.14
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists 13-114130$58,4500.47
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041160$63,1300.64
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) 15-124150$114,2700.46
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123170$58,8100.78
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-9161380$56,5203.65
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers 51-916230$54,5001.89
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-129970$96,9200.26
Computer Programmers 15-125150$87,6400.94
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-1211260$38,0200.81
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232180$48,1700.41
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021190$114,7600.47
Construction Laborers 47-2061670$36,9500.99
Construction Managers 11-9021130$82,9400.54
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401150$59,8000.60
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011640$26,4801.62
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012560$29,3802.07
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014850$29,3700.98
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012130$33,7900.58
Cost Estimators 13-105190$53,8000.68
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021310$35,6701.25
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031150$39,7701.34
Crane and Tower Operators 53-702190$44,3303.33
Customer Service Representatives 43-40511,860$37,5001.16
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9032240$44,9608.83
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4031200$40,4801.87
Data Entry Keyers 43-902150$37,0600.62
Dental Assistants 31-9091220$37,1600.90
Dental Hygienists 29-1292150$84,4801.12
Dentists, General 29-1021100$165,0601.25
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 29-203280$100,1401.46
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011150$27,8700.44
Dishwashers 35-9021170$26,6300.59
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032130$39,8801.06
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031280$38,1201.13
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032190$96,4200.97
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-903370$75,1800.66
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 11-903150$40,4201.05
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012160$66,2700.74
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-905170$94,8000.86
Electricians 47-2111370$52,5000.79
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021840$52,6200.99
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 17-302930Not available0.90
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) 17-219950$79,8900.50
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining 47-502250$46,4902.36
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011100$50,2200.37
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-903190$44,6800.48
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4021150$55,3804.10
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-904130$38,6500.94
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301360$103,3000.64
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 45-209380$34,4804.17
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30232,760$23,7601.16
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031460$104,9900.88
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 13-209940$52,0600.46
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205160$82,3000.29
Firefighters 33-2011150$35,9900.70
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011430$57,8500.86
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 33-101150$39,6101.46
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101440$32,7500.65
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-102170$50,5501.18
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012940$30,7801.25
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011100$36,4600.91
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101240$51,7900.56
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011510$69,7201.35
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-1012130$62,2901.00
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011960$57,1301.09
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102250$35,2300.71
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-1012140$71,7301.45
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-10111,100$62,2602.65
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011860$36,2801.25
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 33-109160$47,7101.20
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047400$58,3901.05
Food Batchmakers 51-3092250$44,4702.32
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021320$26,9000.58
Food Processing Workers, All Other 51-3099230$43,1605.67
Food Science Technicians 19-401330$43,7103.77
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041210$27,0401.16
Food Service Managers 11-9051180$50,3901.23
Gas Plant Operators 51-809250$74,2304.17
General and Operations Managers 11-10212,320$70,3301.08
Glaziers 47-212130$44,9400.88
Graphic Designers 27-102480$39,5900.65
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-403340$37,5900.87
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-501270$28,0900.40
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-2099180$38,3301.56
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 29-909950$30,7702.15
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102270$50,9700.61
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 31-909940$34,3600.52
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021410$48,1601.64
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30322,030$47,5801.60
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-909860$32,6200.99
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198550$34,8605.42
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-405150$36,3400.51
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11202,240$28,4100.85
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031220$24,1400.82
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081160$27,7600.98
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 43-416150$40,7000.82
Human Resources Managers 11-3121100$103,5800.72
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071400$54,2200.72
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-2112150$97,4600.69
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041750$57,9602.78
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051220$106,5201.46
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051810$39,4801.70
Information Security Analysts 15-121270$91,0200.60
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-419980$39,8901.03
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061640$41,4401.73
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-9099150$51,0301.40
Instructional Coordinators 25-9031100$69,0000.74
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-904150$40,9700.38
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021190$60,8000.65
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-4111170$38,6001.88
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,150$31,2000.84
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2012180$59,0502.64
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70621,760$34,8100.97
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011410$35,2000.71
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011130$27,7801.11
Lawyers 23-1011170$88,1000.37
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-4022100$62,7701.26
Library Assistants, Clerical 43-412130$30,0200.59
Library Technicians 25-403160$26,7901.47
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061960$55,8802.41
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033680$35,5601.12
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-4131130$41,7701.30
Loan Officers 13-2072180$61,0501.04
Lodging Managers 11-908130$49,9901.30
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1081140$66,0100.88
Machine Feeders and Offbearers 53-7063230$37,7108.81
Machinists 51-4041230$50,5601.31
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012630$27,8901.19
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 49-904360$61,7901.55
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071910$41,7100.97
Management Analysts 13-1111210$65,1700.37
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199360$98,5000.93
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161290$58,9700.52
Marketing Managers 11-202190$93,9900.35
Massage Therapists 31-901140$37,1100.59
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-30222,080$37,46023.22
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2141150$78,9500.83
Medical Assistants 31-9092430$37,3800.86
Medical Records Specialists 29-2072120$37,0201.04
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013280$35,8300.47
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111370$91,7201.02
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-112130$47,7500.34
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-102340$46,4300.49
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102690$35,3600.90
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022530$58,9601.40
Millwrights 49-904450$50,0402.03
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-20901,220$36,9301.41
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9023140$41,9102.38
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042100$60,2500.95
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4072200$47,8502.21
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244110$73,6200.59
New Accounts Clerks 43-414140$43,2201.76
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171270$129,2701.37
Nursing Assistants 31-11311,580$32,0201.77
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-5011100$61,1001.12
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-1122140$97,7401.36
Occupational Therapy Assistants 31-201140$80,6601.19
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,900$37,1001.26
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-919980$38,3700.71
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073440$41,8201.51
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208170$37,3701.46
Optometrists 29-104140$109,2001.38
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111510$40,5602.19
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064270$34,0900.78
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-214150$39,4800.39
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011120$46,6200.51
Paramedics 29-204380$47,4101.37
Parts Salespersons 41-2022300$34,0501.81
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators 47-207130$37,2101.32
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-3051100$45,3001.02
Personal Financial Advisors 13-205280$65,5200.47
Pest Control Workers 37-202170$38,4101.17
Pharmacists 29-1051160$133,5200.83
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052310$38,7701.08
Phlebotomists 31-909750$34,8600.61
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-2021140$63,2102.03
Physical Therapists 29-1123160$98,7300.95
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107170$119,8400.69
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-1229170$258,1300.82
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152250$48,3500.87
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051400$51,0700.98
Postal Service Clerks 43-505160$59,4901.30
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052210$63,3801.01
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011140$40,7100.47
Printing Press Operators 51-5112180$56,3502.05
Private Detectives and Investigators 33-902140$46,3801.61
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-109280$45,4101.47
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) 27-2012100$37,5601.19
Production Workers, All Other 51-9199340$45,8502.17
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061200$48,5600.82
Project Management Specialists 13-1082290$74,9900.44
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-202050$50,1601.52
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-9141180$45,5400.94
Psychiatric Technicians 29-2053140$30,9601.48
Public Relations Specialists 27-303150$54,8800.30
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-503190$37,2901.38
Purchasing Managers 11-306160$125,3301.15
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034190$64,4101.37
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-9022Not available$37,120
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171630$34,0001.13
Recreation Workers 39-9032130$25,6900.66
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-7081130$41,4201.43
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11412,180$79,8701.05
Rehabilitation Counselors 21-101570$29,1501.23
Residential Advisors 39-904160$39,0101.09
Respiratory Therapists 29-1126100$78,0801.22
Retail Salespersons 41-20312,880$28,3501.20
Roofers 47-2181140$44,2301.65
Sales Managers 11-2022230$99,1100.58
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091360$48,2100.46
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012870$50,9201.14
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-4011100$77,3000.57
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 51-704170$34,3402.81
School Bus Monitors 33-909470$31,9501.36
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031810$60,9601.24
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014720$37,6400.69
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-3031210$45,6100.68
Security Guards 33-9032420$34,5300.54
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers 49-209860$45,1901.19
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-302140$32,9000.19
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-901240$45,3801.05
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners 47-407140$37,0802.09
Sewing Machine Operators 51-603170$27,8101.09
Sheet Metal Workers 47-221160$46,2100.86
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071620$39,1601.23
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-305390$32,7700.62
Skincare Specialists 39-509430$36,2500.76
Slaughterers and Meat Packers 51-3023300$38,8007.09
Social and Community Service Managers 11-9151140$55,4501.12
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093220$32,3900.80
Software Developers 15-1252200$114,1400.19
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052120$59,1100.72
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-205760$56,4300.95
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-205880$59,3600.76
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-1127150$81,3001.32
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70652,240$32,0501.29
Structural Iron and Steel Workers 47-222140$45,2200.88
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters 51-204150$47,7801.53
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018210$57,3400.71
Surgical Technologists 29-2055170$61,8902.32
Tax Preparers 13-208240$30,1600.86
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045870$29,3700.99
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202270$41,3700.83
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-905250$83,9600.77
Tellers 43-3071260$34,2601.30
Therapists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 29-112960$70,5204.46
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-309360$33,8200.91
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 23-209360$46,5501.87
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners 51-419430$38,4109.85
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151220$45,4800.77
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-3071130$83,3700.94
Tutors 25-304130$29,7800.30
Veterinarians 29-113140$104,1100.75
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-9096120$32,5901.51
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30311,410$23,6801.01
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031190$40,8302.38
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 43-511170$38,5802.20
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121400$46,6301.56
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-412240$43,4502.17
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 51-704240$38,1000.94