Industrial Engineers in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,879
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$23,531
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$86,557
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
$98,410
Kept after tax
$74,879
Worth in national money
$86,557
State rank
42
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for industrial engineers is on the low side in Arkansas. The middle earner gets $98,410. That is 42 of 51 states, and about 3.93% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Arkansas this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, industrial engineers ranks 40 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Arkansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $98,410 you keep $74,879, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $86,557 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $102,090, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For industrial engineers, Arkansas sits in the lower band at $98,410, ranking 42 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 3.93%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Arkansas publishes a median for, industrial engineers sits 40 of 489 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Arkansas income tax, retained pay for industrial engineers on $98,410 is $74,879. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $86,557 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 $102,090 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Industrial Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $71,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $137,520 |
| This salary | $98,410 |
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 | $74,879 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,061 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,226 |
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 | $93,886 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,601 |
| 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 industrial engineers in Arkansas earn under $98,410 and half over. The published range runs $71,880 at the tenth percentile to $137,520 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 $74,879, worked from $98,410. 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 40 of 489.
- Two cautions on $86,557, the adjusted value of that $98,410 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 40 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for industrial engineers in Arkansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $71,880 to $137,520; 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 $74,879, on $98,410 for work ranking 40 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 40 of 489 in the state.
- This $86,557 adjusted figure, worked from $98,410, 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 40 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 40 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $102,090 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $71,880 at the tenth percentile, $137,520 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 $86,557.
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 $74,879 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 $102,090. 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 ($71,880 to $137,520) 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 $86,557 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 $74,879 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.