East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (3 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 238 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$258,940	$124.49	100
2	Dentists, General	$201,390	$96.82	60
3	Pharmacists	$133,050	$63.97	150
4	Nurse Practitioners	$121,470	$58.40	170
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$116,120	$55.83	40
6	Occupational Therapists	$107,650	$51.75	60
7	Materials Engineers	$104,700	$50.34	40
8	Chief Executives	$104,500	$50.24	200
9	Industrial Production Managers	$100,320	$48.23	190
10	Sales Managers	$99,170	$47.68	90
11	Human Resources Managers	$96,270	$46.29	40
12	Physical Therapists	$95,580	$45.95	90
13	Financial Managers	$95,190	$45.76	240
14	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$90,990	$43.75	50
15	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$90,810	$43.66	60
16	Locomotive Engineers	$87,510	$42.07	30
17	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$86,720	$41.69	110
18	Administrative Services Managers	$86,680	$41.68	40
19	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	$86,260	$41.47	40
20	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$84,990	$40.86	80
21	Medical and Health Services Managers	$84,470	$40.61	260
22	Dental Hygienists	$82,060	$39.45	110
23	Chefs and Head Cooks	$81,720	$39.29	40
24	Civil Engineers	$80,510	$38.71	60
25	Construction Managers	$80,420	$38.67	80

The full list of every published occupation here is on the East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.