Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,526
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$23,354
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$86,149
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
$97,880
Kept after tax
$74,526
Worth in national money
$86,149
State rank
13
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Arkansas's middle earner gets $97,880, putting the state 13 of 50 — about 1.26% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Arkansas reports, this job comes in at 41 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Arkansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $97,880 the take-home is $74,526; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $86,149 would nationally. The average comes to $98,990, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For postmasters and mail superintendents, Arkansas sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $97,880, ranking 13 of 50 and running about 1.26% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Postmasters and mail superintendents ranks 41 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.
- Post-tax income for postmasters and mail superintendents in Arkansas, on $97,880, is $74,526 — equivalent to $86,149 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 $98,990 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $89,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $111,740 |
| This salary | $97,880 |
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 | $74,526 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,689 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,202 |
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 | $93,384 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,566 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $97,880 as a midpoint for Arkansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $89,770 and the ninetieth is $111,740 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Arkansas's $74,526, worked from $97,880. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 41 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arkansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $86,149, the adjusted value of that $97,880 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 41 of 489 in the state.
- The Arkansas median of $97,880 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $89,770 to $111,740. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Arkansas take-home of $74,526, on $97,880 for work ranking 41 of 489 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 41 of 489 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arkansas, so $86,149 — the adjusted value of that $97,880 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 41 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $89,770 at the tenth percentile, $111,740 at the ninetieth.
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 $86,149.
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 $74,526 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 50 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 ($89,770 to $111,740) 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 $86,149 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 $74,526 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.