Purchasing Managers in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$112,870
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$43,580
27.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$130,473
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
$156,450
Kept after tax
$112,870
Worth in national money
$130,473
State rank
12
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for purchasing managers is strong here. Arkansas's middle earner gets $156,450, putting the state 12 of 50 — about 5.65% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Arkansas this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, purchasing managers ranks 4 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $156,450 you keep $112,870 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $130,473 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $159,840, since top earners drag the number up.
- For purchasing managers, Arkansas sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $156,450, ranking 12 of 50 and running about 5.65% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Arkansas publishes a median for, purchasing managers sits 4 of 489 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Arkansas is $112,870 after the full tax stack, from $156,450. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $130,473 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $159,840 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Purchasing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $74,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $156,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $273,100 |
| This salary | $156,450 |
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 | $112,870 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $118,200 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$8,837 |
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 | $148,652 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$12,564 |
| 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 purchasing managers in Arkansas earn under $156,450 and half over. The published range runs $74,290 at the tenth percentile to $273,100 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Arkansas the take-home figure of $112,870, from $156,450, 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 4 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $130,473, the adjusted value of that $156,450 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 4 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for purchasing managers in Arkansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $74,290 to $273,100; 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 $112,870 from $156,450. 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 4 of 489 locally.
- This $130,473 adjusted figure, worked from $156,450, 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 4 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 4 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $74,290 and the top tenth $273,100 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $130,473.
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 $112,870.
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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($74,290) and the ninetieth ($273,100) 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 $130,473 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 $112,870 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.