Pharmacy Aides in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,892
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$5,968
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,710
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
$36,860
Kept after tax
$30,892
Worth in national money
$35,710
State rank
26
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Arkansas pays pharmacy aides around $36,860 at the midpoint, 26 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 489 occupations Arkansas publishes, pharmacy aides lands at 388. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Arkansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $36,860 the take-home is $30,892; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $35,710 would nationally. The average comes to $37,050, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For pharmacy aides the Arkansas median is $36,860, ranking 26 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Arkansas, this work ranks 388 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for pharmacy aides in Arkansas, on $36,860, is $30,892 — equivalent to $35,710 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 $37,050 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Pharmacy Aides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,730 |
| This salary | $36,860 |
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 | $30,892 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,797 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,988 |
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 | $35,733 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,614 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $36,860 as a midpoint for Arkansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,540 and the ninetieth is $45,730 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Arkansas the take-home figure of $30,892, from $36,860, 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 388 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 $35,710 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 388.
- The Arkansas median of $36,860 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,540 to $45,730. 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 $30,892 from $36,860. 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 388 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,710, worked from $36,860, 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 388 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,540 at the tenth percentile, $45,730 at the ninetieth.
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 $35,710 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $30,892 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,540 to $45,730) 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 $35,710 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 $30,892 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.