Audiologists in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,926
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$23,054
23.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$85,455
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
$96,980
Kept after tax
$73,926
Worth in national money
$85,455
State rank
26
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Arkansas is 26 of 49 states for audiologists, with a middle wage of $96,980. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Arkansas reports, audiologists comes in at 43 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Arkansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $96,980 you keep $73,926, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $85,455 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $101,580, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Arkansas ranks 26 of 49 for audiologists at $96,980. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Audiologists ranks 43 of 489 occupations by median in Arkansas, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Arkansas income tax, retained pay for audiologists on $96,980 is $73,926. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $85,455 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 $101,580 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Audiologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $134,040 |
| This salary | $96,980 |
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 | $73,926 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,055 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,160 |
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 | $92,531 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,509 |
| 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 $96,980. The published range is $78,970 up to $134,040, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $73,926 take-home in Arkansas comes from $96,980. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 43 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $85,455 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 43.
- Reported values are medians; for audiologists in Arkansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $78,970 to $134,040. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $73,926, from $96,980, assumes a single Arkansas filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 43 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $85,455, worked from $96,980, 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 43 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $101,580 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $78,970 at the tenth percentile, $134,040 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Arkansas sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $85,455 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Arkansas then takes its own share, leaving $73,926.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 $101,580. 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 ($78,970 to $134,040) 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 $85,455 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 $73,926 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.