Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,490
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$27,340
24.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$95,356
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
$109,830
Kept after tax
$82,490
Worth in national money
$95,356
State rank
34
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Arkansas. The middle earner gets $109,830. That is 34 of 50 states, and about 15.66% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Arkansas. It ranks 21 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Arkansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $109,830 you keep $82,490, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $95,356 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $106,450, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For electronics engineers, except computer, Arkansas sits in the lower band at $109,830, ranking 34 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 15.66%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Arkansas, electronics engineers, except computer ranks 21 of 489 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Arkansas income tax, retained pay for electronics engineers, except computer on $109,830 is $82,490. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $95,356 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 $106,450 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $109,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $140,900 |
| This salary | $109,830 |
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 | $82,490 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $86,095 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,757 |
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 | $104,705 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$9,334 |
| 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 $109,830. The published range is $64,890 up to $140,900, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $82,490 take-home in Arkansas comes from $109,830. 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 21 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arkansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $95,356, the adjusted value of that $109,830 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 21 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for electronics engineers, except computer in Arkansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $64,890 to $140,900. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $82,490, from $109,830, 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 21 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 34 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arkansas, so $95,356 — the adjusted value of that $109,830 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 21 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 $106,450, 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?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $64,890 at the tenth percentile, $140,900 at the ninetieth.
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 $95,356.
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 $82,490.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $106,450. 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 ($64,890 to $140,900) 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 $95,356 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 $82,490 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.