Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,158
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$7,572
17.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,797
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
$43,730
Kept after tax
$36,158
Worth in national money
$41,797
State rank
43
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Arkansas pays this job a middle wage of $43,730, 43 of 48 states and about 10.97% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 306 among 489 occupations Arkansas publishes pay for.
- Arkansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $43,730 the take-home is $36,158; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,797 would nationally. The average comes to $44,370, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Arkansas's $43,730 median for insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall places it 43 of 48 states, about 10.97% 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.
- Position 306 of 489 in Arkansas places insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall in Arkansas, on $43,730, is $36,158 — equivalent to $41,797 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 $44,370 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,320 |
| This salary | $43,730 |
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 | $36,158 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,317 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,395 |
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 | $42,287 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,106 |
| 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 $43,730. The published range is $35,250 up to $53,320, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Arkansas the take-home figure of $36,158, from $43,730, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 306 of 489 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,797 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 306.
- Reported values are medians; for insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall in Arkansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,250 to $53,320. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Arkansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $36,158 from $43,730. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 306 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,797, worked from $43,730, 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 306 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,250 and the top tenth $53,320, so most people doing this work in Arkansas sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $41,797 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 $36,158 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,250 to $53,320) 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 $41,797 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 $36,158 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.