Marketing Managers in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$99,985
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$36,535
26.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$115,579
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
$136,520
Kept after tax
$99,985
Worth in national money
$115,579
State rank
28
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Arkansas is 28 of 48 states for marketing managers, with a middle wage of $136,520. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Arkansas reports, marketing managers comes in at 7 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Arkansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $136,520 you keep $99,985, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $115,579 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $148,230, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Arkansas ranks 28 of 48 for marketing managers at $136,520. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Marketing managers ranks 7 of 489 occupations by median in Arkansas, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Arkansas income tax, retained pay for marketing managers on $136,520 is $99,985. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $115,579 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 $148,230 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Marketing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $67,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $136,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $223,680 |
| This salary | $136,520 |
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 | $99,985 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $104,577 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$7,961 |
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 | $129,801 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$11,318 |
| 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 marketing managers in Arkansas earn under $136,520 and half over. The published range runs $67,340 at the tenth percentile to $223,680 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Arkansas the take-home figure of $99,985, from $136,520, 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 7 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 $115,579 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 7.
- Figures are distribution medians for marketing managers in Arkansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $67,340 to $223,680; 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.
- Take-home for Arkansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $99,985 from $136,520. 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 7 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $115,579, worked from $136,520, 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 7 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 $148,230, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $67,340 at the bottom tenth to $223,680 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $115,579.
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 $99,985.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $148,230. 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 ($67,340) and the ninetieth ($223,680) 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 $115,579 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 $99,985 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.