Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,300
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$7,920
17.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,117
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
$45,220
Kept after tax
$37,300
Worth in national money
$43,117
State rank
44
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Arkansas pays this job a middle wage of $45,220, 44 of 49 states and about 8.15% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Arkansas reports figures for, this is number 286.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $45,220 you keep $37,300 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $43,117 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $46,220, since top earners drag the number up.
- Arkansas's $45,220 median for insurance claims and policy processing clerks places it 44 of 49 states, about 8.15% 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.
- In Arkansas's occupational distribution, insurance claims and policy processing clerks sits at 286 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.
- Retained pay in Arkansas is $37,300 after the full tax stack, from $45,220. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $43,117 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $46,220 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,690 |
| This salary | $45,220 |
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 | $37,300 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,514 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,483 |
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 | $43,708 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,213 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,220 as a midpoint for Arkansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,430 and the ninetieth is $59,690 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Arkansas the take-home figure of $37,300, from $45,220, 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 286 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $43,117, the adjusted value of that $45,220 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 286 of 489 locally.
- The Arkansas median of $45,220 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,430 to $59,690. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Arkansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,300 from $45,220. 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 286 of 489 locally.
- This $43,117 adjusted figure, worked from $45,220, 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 286 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 286 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,430 at the bottom tenth to $59,690 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $43,117 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Arkansas's own levy, $37,300 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 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 ($38,430 to $59,690) 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 $43,117 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 $37,300 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.