Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,392
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$7,948
17.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,223
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
$45,340
Kept after tax
$37,392
Worth in national money
$43,223
State rank
41
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Arkansas is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $45,340, ranking 41 of 50 states — about 16.36% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Arkansas reports figures for, this is number 284.
- Here is where Arkansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $45,340 you keep $37,392, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $43,223 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $45,530, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Arkansas ranks 41 of 50 for eligibility interviewers, government programs, with a median of $45,340 — about 16.36% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- In Arkansas's occupational distribution, eligibility interviewers, government programs sits at 284 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Arkansas income tax, retained pay for eligibility interviewers, government programs on $45,340 is $37,392. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $43,223 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 $45,530 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $55,150 |
| This salary | $45,340 |
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 | $37,392 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,611 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,490 |
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 | $43,823 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,221 |
| 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 $45,340. The published range is $37,230 up to $55,150, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $37,392 take-home in Arkansas comes from $45,340. 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 284 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,223 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 284.
- Reported values are medians; for eligibility interviewers, government programs in Arkansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,230 to $55,150. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $37,392, from $45,340, 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 284 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 41 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,223, worked from $45,340, 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 284 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,230 and the top tenth $55,150, so most people doing this work in Arkansas sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $43,223 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 $37,392.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,230 to $55,150) 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 $43,223 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 $37,392 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.