Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,862
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$7,178
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,299
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
$42,040
Kept after tax
$34,862
Worth in national money
$40,299
State rank
25
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Arkansas pays this job around $42,040 at the midpoint, 25 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Arkansas reports figures for, this is number 317.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $42,040 you keep $34,862 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $40,299 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $47,590, since top earners drag the number up.
- For reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks the Arkansas median is $42,040, ranking 25 of 50 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.
- In Arkansas's occupational distribution, reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks sits at 317 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Arkansas is $34,862 after the full tax stack, from $42,040. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,299 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $47,590 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,990 |
| This salary | $42,040 |
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 | $34,862 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,959 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,295 |
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 | $40,675 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,985 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Arkansas earn less than $42,040. The published range is $30,310 up to $80,990, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $34,862 take-home in Arkansas comes from $42,040. 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 317 of 489.
- Two cautions on $40,299, the adjusted value of that $42,040 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 317 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks in Arkansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,310 to $80,990. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $34,862, from $42,040, 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 317 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 25 of 50 for it.
- This $40,299 adjusted figure, worked from $42,040, 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 317 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 317 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $47,590, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $30,310 at the bottom tenth to $80,990 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 $40,299 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Arkansas's own levy, $34,862 remains.
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.
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 $47,590. 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 ($30,310) and the ninetieth ($80,990) 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 $40,299 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 $34,862 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.