Accountant salary in Arkansas

Official occupation: 13-2011 Accountants and Auditors · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

In Arkansas, the median accountant earns $66,330 a year, 21% below the United States median of $83,680.

Only 0 of the 51 states with a published figure pay less.

Pay is widely spread: the top 10% earn at least $119,520, 2.6 times the $45,810 that marks the bottom 10%.

With 7,870 jobs and a location quotient of 0.65, the role is less common here than in the United States as a whole.

For context, the median across all occupations in Arkansas is $43,630, so this role pays 1.5 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureArkansasNational
Median annual pay Observed$66,330United States: $83,680
Mean annual pay Observed$76,980United States: $94,750
10th percentile Observed$45,810United States: $56,020
25th percentile Observed$52,570United States: $67,020
75th percentile Observed$88,950United States: $109,810
90th percentile Observed$119,520United States: $144,090
Median hourly pay Observed$31.89United States: $40.23
Employment (jobs) Observed7,870
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed6.036
Location quotient Observed0.65
Difference from United States median ($83,680) Derived−21%
Rank among 51 states Derived51
Ratio to Arkansas all-occupation median ($43,630) Derived1.52×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.61

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 49. Nebraska$72,080
  2. 50. Mississippi$68,100
  3. 51. Arkansas$66,330

Largest cities in Arkansas: Little Rock, Fort Smith, Fayetteville, Springdale, Jonesboro (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.