Labor Relations Specialists in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,215
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$11,855
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,047
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
$62,070
Kept after tax
$50,215
Worth in national money
$58,047
State rank
48
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for labor relations specialists is on the low side in Arkansas. The middle earner gets $62,070. That is 48 of 51 states, and about 34.95% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Arkansas reports figures for, this is number 136.
- Here is where Arkansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $62,070 you keep $50,215, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $58,047 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $77,270, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For labor relations specialists, Arkansas sits in the lower band at $62,070, ranking 48 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 34.95%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Arkansas's occupational distribution, labor relations specialists sits at 136 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.
- After federal, FICA and Arkansas income tax, retained pay for labor relations specialists on $62,070 is $50,215. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $58,047 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 $77,270 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Labor Relations Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,800 |
| This salary | $62,070 |
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 | $50,215 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,053 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,480 |
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 | $59,783 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,559 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $62,070 as a midpoint for Arkansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,500 and the ninetieth is $129,800 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Arkansas the take-home figure of $50,215, from $62,070, 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 136 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $58,047, the adjusted value of that $62,070 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 136 of 489 locally.
- The Arkansas median of $62,070 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,500 to $129,800. 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 $50,215 from $62,070. 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 136 of 489 locally.
- This $58,047 adjusted figure, worked from $62,070, 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 136 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 136 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 $77,270 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $33,500 at the bottom tenth to $129,800 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $58,047 in national terms.
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 $50,215.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $77,270. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($33,500) and the ninetieth ($129,800) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $58,047 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 $50,215 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.