Stockers and Order Fillers in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,236
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$5,464
15.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,796
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
$34,700
Kept after tax
$29,236
Worth in national money
$33,796
State rank
47
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Arkansas pays stockers and order fillers a middle wage of $34,700, 47 of 51 states and about 7.05% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Arkansas this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, stockers and order fillers ranks 426. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Arkansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $34,700 you keep $29,236, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $33,796 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $35,550, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Arkansas's $34,700 median for stockers and order fillers places it 47 of 51 states, about 7.05% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Arkansas reports, stockers and order fillers ranks 426 of 489, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Arkansas income tax, retained pay for stockers and order fillers on $34,700 is $29,236. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $33,796 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $35,550 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Stockers and Order Fillers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,370 |
| This salary | $34,700 |
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 | $29,236 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,061 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,861 |
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 | $33,673 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,459 |
| 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 stockers and order fillers in Arkansas earn under $34,700 and half over. The published range runs $28,710 at the tenth percentile to $46,370 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $29,236 take-home in Arkansas comes from $34,700. 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 426 of 489.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arkansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $33,796, the adjusted value of that $34,700 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 426 of 489 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for stockers and order fillers in Arkansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $28,710 to $46,370; 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 $29,236, from $34,700, 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 426 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 47 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arkansas, so $33,796 — the adjusted value of that $34,700 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 426 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $28,710 at the tenth percentile, $46,370 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 $33,796 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 $29,236 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,710 to $46,370) 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 $33,796 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 $29,236 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.