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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Material Moving Workers, All Other Salary in Arkansas

Material Moving Workers, All Other in Arkansas earn a median annual salary of $36,730, which is -11.9% compared to the national median. There are 120 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Arkansas (state).

$36,730
Arkansas median annual wage
$18/hour median
-11.9%
Difference vs national median
National median is $41,690
120
Local employment
0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.55
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$29,140
25th
$33,790
Median
$36,730
75th
$42,600
90th
$47,690

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Arkansas, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
86.9%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$42,249
Goods: 93.6%
Services: 74.7%
Rents: 58.2%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Washington$67,440Compare80
New Jersey$64,850Compare640
Colorado$60,680Compare510
New York$59,860CompareN/A
Maine$58,410Compare70
Vermont$58,080Compare30

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Arkansas

Arkansas has salary data for 675 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Psychiatrists.

Historical series

Trend for Material Moving Workers, All Other in Arkansas

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Material Moving Workers, All Other are projected to change by +4.3% from 2024 to 2034, with 3,100 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.