Millwrights in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,800
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$10,510
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,943
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
$56,310
Kept after tax
$45,800
Worth in national money
$52,943
State rank
46
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Arkansas is among the lower-paying states for millwrights. The middle earner takes $56,310, ranking 46 of 48 states — about 14.29% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Arkansas, this sits in the middle: 179 of 489 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $56,310 you keep $45,800 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $52,943 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $55,730.
- Arkansas ranks 46 of 48 for millwrights, with a median of $56,310 — about 14.29% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Millwrights ranks 179 of 489 occupations in Arkansas by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Arkansas is $45,800 after the full tax stack, from $56,310. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,943 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $55,730 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Millwrights
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,140 |
| This salary | $56,310 |
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 | $45,800 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,425 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,140 |
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 | $54,288 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,006 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $56,310 as a midpoint for Arkansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,640 and the ninetieth is $76,140 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Arkansas the take-home figure of $45,800, from $56,310, 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 179 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $52,943, the adjusted value of that $56,310 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 179 of 489 locally.
- The Arkansas median of $56,310 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,640 to $76,140. 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 $45,800 from $56,310. 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 179 of 489 locally.
- This $52,943 adjusted figure, worked from $56,310, 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 179 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 179 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,640 at the tenth percentile, $76,140 at the ninetieth.
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 $52,943 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 $45,800 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,640 to $76,140) 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 $52,943 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 $45,800 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.