Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,196
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$7,584
17.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,841
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
$43,780
Kept after tax
$36,196
Worth in national money
$41,841
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Arkansas pays this job a middle wage of $43,780, 45 of 51 states and about 5.69% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Arkansas, this sits in the middle: 305 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Arkansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $43,780 the take-home is $36,196; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,841 would nationally. The average comes to $44,290, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Arkansas's $43,780 median for industrial truck and tractor operators places it 45 of 51 states, about 5.69% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Industrial truck and tractor operators ranks 305 of 489 occupations in Arkansas by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for industrial truck and tractor operators in Arkansas, on $43,780, is $36,196 — equivalent to $41,841 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 $44,290 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,260 |
| This salary | $43,780 |
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 | $36,196 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,357 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,398 |
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 | $42,335 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,109 |
| 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 truck and tractor operators in Arkansas earn under $43,780 and half over. The published range runs $33,890 at the tenth percentile to $57,260 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $36,196 take-home in Arkansas comes from $43,780. 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 305 of 489.
- Two cautions on $41,841, the adjusted value of that $43,780 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 305 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for industrial truck and tractor operators in Arkansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,890 to $57,260; 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.
- Retained pay of $36,196, from $43,780, 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 305 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 51 for it.
- This $41,841 adjusted figure, worked from $43,780, 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 305 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 305 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $33,890 and the top tenth $57,260, 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 $41,841 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 $36,196.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,890 to $57,260) 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 $41,841 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 $36,196 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.