Legal Support Workers, All Other in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,878
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$7,792
17.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,630
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
$44,670
Kept after tax
$36,878
Worth in national money
$42,630
State rank
44
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Arkansas pays legal support workers, all other a middle wage of $44,670, 44 of 45 states and about 38.05% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Legal support workers, all other ranks 294 among 489 occupations Arkansas publishes pay for.
- Arkansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $44,670 the take-home is $36,878; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,630 would nationally. The average comes to $56,510, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Arkansas's $44,670 median for legal support workers, all other places it 44 of 45 states, about 38.05% 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 294 of 489 in Arkansas places legal support workers, all other 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 legal support workers, all other in Arkansas, on $44,670, is $36,878 — equivalent to $42,630 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 $56,510 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Legal Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,040 |
| This salary | $44,670 |
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 | $36,878 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,072 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,451 |
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 | $43,184 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,173 |
| 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 $44,670. The published range is $35,010 up to $72,040, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Arkansas the take-home figure of $36,878, from $44,670, 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 294 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $42,630, the adjusted value of that $44,670 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 294 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for legal support workers, all other in Arkansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,010 to $72,040. 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 $36,878 from $44,670. 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 294 of 489 locally.
- This $42,630 adjusted figure, worked from $44,670, 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 294 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 294 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $56,510, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $35,010 and the top tenth $72,040 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $42,630 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 $36,878.
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 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $56,510. 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 ($35,010) and the ninetieth ($72,040) 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 $42,630 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 $36,878 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.