Dietetic Technicians in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$27,090
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$4,810
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,315
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
$31,900
Kept after tax
$27,090
Worth in national money
$31,315
State rank
39
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dietetic technicians is on the low side in Arkansas. The middle earner gets $31,900. That is 39 of 45 states, and about 15.25% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 489 occupations Arkansas publishes, dietetic technicians lands at 440. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Arkansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $31,900 the take-home is $27,090; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $31,315 would nationally. The average comes to $32,640, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For dietetic technicians, Arkansas sits in the lower band at $31,900, ranking 39 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 15.25%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Arkansas, this work ranks 440 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.
- Post-tax income for dietetic technicians in Arkansas, on $31,900, is $27,090 — equivalent to $31,315 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $32,640 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Dietetic Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $31,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $41,090 |
| This salary | $31,900 |
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 | $27,090 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $27,812 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,695 |
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 | $31,002 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,259 |
| 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 $31,900. The published range is $27,040 up to $41,090, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Arkansas's $27,090, worked from $31,900. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 440 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arkansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $31,315, the adjusted value of that $31,900 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 440 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for dietetic technicians in Arkansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $27,040 to $41,090. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Arkansas take-home of $27,090, on $31,900 for work ranking 440 of 489 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 440 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arkansas, so $31,315 — the adjusted value of that $31,900 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 440 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $27,040 at the bottom tenth to $41,090 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 $31,315.
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, $27,090 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,040 to $41,090) 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 $31,315 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 $27,090 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.