Baggage Porters and Bellhops in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$26,553
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$4,647
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,695
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
$31,200
Kept after tax
$26,553
Worth in national money
$30,695
State rank
27
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Arkansas pays baggage porters and bellhops around $31,200 at the midpoint, 27 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 489 occupations Arkansas publishes, baggage porters and bellhops lands at 445. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Arkansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $31,200 you keep $26,553, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $30,695 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $31,860, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For baggage porters and bellhops the Arkansas median is $31,200, ranking 27 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Arkansas, this work ranks 445 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Arkansas income tax, retained pay for baggage porters and bellhops on $31,200 is $26,553. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $30,695 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 $31,860 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Baggage Porters and Bellhops
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $31,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $39,290 |
| This salary | $31,200 |
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 | $26,553 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $27,249 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,653 |
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 | $30,334 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,209 |
| 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 $31,200. The published range is $28,530 up to $39,290, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $26,553 take-home in Arkansas comes from $31,200. 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 445 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arkansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $30,695, the adjusted value of that $31,200 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 445 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for baggage porters and bellhops in Arkansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,530 to $39,290. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $26,553, from $31,200, 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 445 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 27 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arkansas, so $30,695 — the adjusted value of that $31,200 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 445 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $28,530 at the bottom tenth to $39,290 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $30,695.
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, $26,553 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,530 to $39,290) 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 $30,695 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 $26,553 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.