Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$24,127
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$3,923
14.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,890
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
$28,050
Kept after tax
$24,127
Worth in national money
$27,890
State rank
36
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Arkansas. The middle earner gets $28,050. That is 36 of 50 states, and about 14.77% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 489 occupations Arkansas publishes, this job lands at 471. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Arkansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $28,050 you keep $24,127, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $27,890 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $29,900, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers, Arkansas sits in the lower band at $28,050, ranking 36 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 14.77%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Arkansas, this work ranks 471 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Arkansas income tax, retained pay for ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers on $28,050 is $24,127. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $27,890 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 $29,900 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $28,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $37,430 |
| This salary | $28,050 |
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 | $24,127 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $24,709 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,463 |
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 | $27,344 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,967 |
| 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 ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers in Arkansas earn under $28,050 and half over. The published range runs $23,810 at the tenth percentile to $37,430 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Arkansas the take-home figure of $24,127, from $28,050, 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 471 of 489 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $27,890 uses one figure for the whole of Arkansas. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 471.
- Figures are distribution medians for ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers in Arkansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $23,810 to $37,430; 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 $24,127 from $28,050. 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 471 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $27,890, worked from $28,050, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Arkansas address, on work sitting at 471 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 $29,900, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $23,810 at the tenth percentile, $37,430 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 $27,890.
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, $24,127 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $29,900. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($23,810 to $37,430) 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 $27,890 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 $24,127 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.