Aircraft Service Attendants in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,988
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$6,302
16.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,977
Arkansas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Arkansas — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$38,290
Kept after tax
$31,988
Worth in national money
$36,977
State rank
36
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for aircraft service attendants is on the low side in Arkansas. The middle earner gets $38,290. That is 36 of 46 states, and about 5.34% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Arkansas, this sits in the middle: 356 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Arkansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $38,290 you keep $31,988, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $36,977 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $36,550, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For aircraft service attendants, Arkansas sits in the lower band at $38,290, ranking 36 of 46 and trailing the national median by about 5.34%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Aircraft service attendants ranks 356 of 489 occupations in Arkansas by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Arkansas income tax, retained pay for aircraft service attendants on $38,290 is $31,988. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $36,977 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $36,550 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Aircraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $39,660 |
| This salary | $38,290 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Arkansas | $31,988 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,946 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,073 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $37,098 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,716 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Arkansas earn less than $38,290. The published range is $31,710 up to $39,660, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Arkansas the take-home figure of $31,988, from $38,290, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 356 of 489 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,977 uses one figure for the whole of Arkansas. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 356.
- Reported values are medians; for aircraft service attendants in Arkansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,710 to $39,660. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Arkansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $31,988 from $38,290. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 356 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,977, worked from $38,290, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Arkansas address, on work sitting at 356 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $36,550, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,710 at the bottom tenth to $39,660 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Arkansas is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $36,977 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Arkansas's own levy, $31,988 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Arkansas is $36,550. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,710 to $39,660) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Arkansas rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Arkansas's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $36,977 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $31,988 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Arkansas income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.