First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,382
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$6,118
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,277
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
$37,500
Kept after tax
$31,382
Worth in national money
$36,277
State rank
51
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Arkansas is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $37,500, ranking 51 of 51 states — about 23.63% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Arkansas this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 375. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Arkansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $37,500 you keep $31,382, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $36,277 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $40,380, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Arkansas ranks 51 of 51 for first-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers, with a median of $37,500 — about 23.63% 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.
- Against every occupation Arkansas reports, first-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers ranks 375 of 489, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Arkansas income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers on $37,500 is $31,382. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $36,277 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 $40,380 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,850 |
| This salary | $37,500 |
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 | $31,382 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,311 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,026 |
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 | $36,344 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,660 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers in Arkansas earn under $37,500 and half over. The published range runs $29,480 at the tenth percentile to $53,850 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Arkansas's $31,382, worked from $37,500. 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 375 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,277 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 375.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers in Arkansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,480 to $53,850; 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.
- The Arkansas take-home of $31,382, on $37,500 for work ranking 375 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 375 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,277, worked from $37,500, 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 375 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $40,380, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $29,480 at the tenth percentile, $53,850 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Arkansas is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $36,277 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Arkansas adds its own income tax on top — which is why $31,382 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $40,380. 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 ($29,480 to $53,850) 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 $36,277 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 $31,382 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.