Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,232
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$9,118
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,662
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
$50,350
Kept after tax
$41,232
Worth in national money
$47,662
State rank
50
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Arkansas. The middle earner gets $50,350. That is 50 of 51 states, and about 15.59% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 216 among 489 occupations Arkansas publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $50,350 you keep $41,232 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $47,662 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $57,370, since top earners drag the number up.
- For production, planning, and expediting clerks, Arkansas sits in the lower band at $50,350, ranking 50 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 15.59%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 216 of 489 in Arkansas places production, planning, and expediting clerks 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.
- Retained pay in Arkansas is $41,232 after the full tax stack, from $50,350. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $47,662 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $57,370 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,600 |
| This salary | $50,350 |
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 | $41,232 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,636 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,787 |
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 | $48,602 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,580 |
| 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 production, planning, and expediting clerks in Arkansas earn under $50,350 and half over. The published range runs $38,130 at the tenth percentile to $85,600 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $41,232 take-home in Arkansas comes from $50,350. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 216 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arkansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $47,662, the adjusted value of that $50,350 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 216 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for production, planning, and expediting clerks in Arkansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,130 to $85,600; 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.
- Retained pay of $41,232, from $50,350, assumes a single Arkansas filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 216 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 50 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arkansas, so $47,662 — the adjusted value of that $50,350 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 216 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 $57,370, 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 $38,130 at the bottom tenth to $85,600 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $47,662 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 $41,232 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $57,370. 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 ($38,130) and the ninetieth ($85,600) 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 $47,662 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 $41,232 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.