Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,608
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$17,892
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,529
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
$81,500
Kept after tax
$63,608
Worth in national money
$73,529
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Arkansas. The middle earner gets $81,500. That is 45 of 51 states, and about 15.62% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Arkansas reports, this job comes in at 64 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Arkansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $81,500 you keep $63,608, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $73,529 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $83,360, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For diagnostic medical sonographers, Arkansas sits in the lower band at $81,500, ranking 45 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 15.62%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Diagnostic medical sonographers ranks 64 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 diagnostic medical sonographers on $81,500 is $63,608. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $73,529 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 $83,360 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,190 |
| This salary | $81,500 |
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 | $63,608 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,165 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,440 |
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 | $77,865 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,514 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of diagnostic medical sonographers in Arkansas earn under $81,500 and half over. The published range runs $64,280 at the tenth percentile to $102,190 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $63,608 take-home in Arkansas comes from $81,500. 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 64 of 489.
- Two cautions on $73,529, the adjusted value of that $81,500 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Arkansas. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 64 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for diagnostic medical sonographers in Arkansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $64,280 to $102,190; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $63,608, from $81,500, 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 64 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 51 for it.
- This $73,529 adjusted figure, worked from $81,500, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 64 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 64 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $64,280 and the top tenth $102,190, so most people doing this work in Arkansas sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $73,529.
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, $63,608 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($64,280 to $102,190) 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 $73,529 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 $63,608 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.