The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR all-occupations median was 10.2% below the U.S. all-occupations median in the same release. Registered Nurses had the largest published employment estimate among the 30 occupation rows shown on this hub, at 11,550.
Among those high-employment rows, Cooks, Fast Food had the highest published location quotient at 2.06. A location quotient above 1.00 means a larger share of local employment than the national share; it does not measure job quality or future demand.
Occupation detail
Largest published occupations in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
Sorted by published employment. Open a row for its local distribution, national comparison, and jobs.
Largest published occupation estimates by employment
Six high-employment rows from the bounded area summary. The table below keeps each full title and published field.
Registered Nurses: 11,550 jobs. Retail Salespersons: 10,620 jobs. General and Operation...: 9,330 jobs. Fast Food and Counter...: 8,720 jobs. Stockers and Order Fi...: 7,990 jobs. Heavy and Tractor-Tra...: 7,910 jobs.
$81,070/yearEmployment: 11,550 Jobs per 1,000: 32.23 Location quotient: 1.48
11,550
32.23
1.48
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR was 89.4, or 10.6% below the national price level. Its housing index was 68.3.
National-price-dollar proxy
$51,240
WageScope divides the published all occupations median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Wage period: BLS May 2025. Price period: BEA 2024. The releases describe different periods and are shown separately.
Price level in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR; U.S. = 100
U.S. baseline: 100.0. All items: 89.4. Housing: 68.3.
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR wage guide
Read the all-jobs wage, role mix, local job shares, price-level context, and survey limits as separate facts. Every value stays tied to BLS area 30780.
Questions, answered
Wage data for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR: common questions
What is the all-occupations median wage in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published an all-occupations median of $45,790 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. It combines covered wage and salary jobs and is not a median for every individual occupation.
How many wage and salary jobs does BLS estimate in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR?
BLS published an all-occupations employment estimate of 358,210 jobs for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count.
What is the largest detailed occupation shown for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR?
Registered Nurses is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded table on this page, with 11,550 estimated jobs and a published median of $81,070 per year.
Does the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR wage data adjust for local prices?
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What the all-jobs median says about Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the all-occupations median in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR at $45,790 per year. This is the middle wage across covered wage and salary jobs in the area. It is not the median for each job title. It is not one worker's pay. Use an occupation page when you need a role-level answer.
BLS lists 358,210 covered jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. The all-occupations mean is $58,000 per year. Mean means add the wage values and split the total by the number of jobs behind the estimate. The median and mean can differ because the local wage mix is not even.
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR's $45,790 all-occupations median is 10.2% below the U.S. all-occupations median of $50,980 on the same published median. This is a wage check on the same source period. It does not add local price levels, taxes, hours, benefits, or household needs.
Where Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR sits among metro areas
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR ranks 286 of 393 among metro areas with a published annual all-occupations median. WageScope keeps the map type the same. It does not place a state, metro, and nonmetro row in one rank. The rank uses the May 2025 BLS median only.
A rank is a place in a sorted list. It is not a score. It does not say a place is good or bad. It does not show the size of the job base. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR has 358,210 covered jobs, while another row near it can have a very different count.
The nearby rank rows give context without turning the list into a league table. Small gaps can move a place by several spots. A later BLS release can also change the order. Read the wage gap and the source date beside the rank. Do not use rank alone to make a move.
283. Farmington, NM has an all-occupations median of $45,820 per year and 47,670 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is $30.
284. Canton-Massillon, OH has an all-occupations median of $45,810 per year and 163,080 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is $20.
285. Wilmington, NC has an all-occupations median of $45,800 per year and 191,280 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is $10.
287. Springfield, MO has an all-occupations median of $45,780 per year and 223,030 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is $10.
288. Lake Charles, LA has an all-occupations median of $45,700 per year and 101,690 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is $90.
289. Bay City, MI has an all-occupations median of $45,620 per year and 33,810 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is $170.
The largest detailed occupations shown for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
The role list is sorted by the BLS employment estimate. It shows detailed occupations from the bounded source table for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. The first row, Registered Nurses, has 11,550 estimated jobs. Its median is $81,070 per year.
Large roles shape the all-occupations wage mix, but they do not set it by themselves. A role with many jobs and a lower wage can pull the middle one way. A smaller role with a higher wage can move the mean. The all-occupations row is based on the whole covered job mix, not just the occupations shown in this bounded list.
Employment here means wage and salary jobs in the BLS survey scope. It does not mean people looking for work. It does not mean openings. It does not show how fast a role is changing. Use the current job cards only to inspect dated employer-title matches. Keep that view apart from this May 2025 job count.
1. Registered Nurses has 11,550 estimated jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. Its published median is $81,070 per year. Its location quotient is 1.48.
2. Retail Salespersons has 10,620 estimated jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. Its published median is $29,150 per year. Its location quotient is 1.18.
Role pay range
How published medians differ inside Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
The detailed roles shown for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR do not share one pay level. Medical and Health Services Managers has the highest published median in this bounded role set, at $101,280 per year. That does not make it the highest-paid role in every job or in every part of the area.
The list keeps each official SOC title tied to its own wage row. It does not blend fields, levels, or job posts. A role median can be above the $45,790 all-occupations median even when the role has few jobs. A large role can sit below that mark. Pay and job count answer different questions.
Use a role's own WageScope page before you compare places. That page shows the national spread, the same SOC code across areas, and the source limits. The area list is a starting map. It is not enough to set a pay target for one person or one listing.
1. Medical and Health Services Managers has a published median of $101,280 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. BLS lists 2,630 jobs. Its local share is 1.91 times the national share.
2. Registered Nurses has a published median of $81,070 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. BLS lists 11,550 jobs. Its local share is 1.48 times the national share.
Local share
Roles with a larger local share in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
Location quotient compares a role's share of jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR with that role's share across the nation. A value of 1 means the shares match. A value above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs. A value below 1 means the share is smaller. The value does not show growth or open jobs.
Cooks, Fast Food has the highest published location quotient in this bounded set, at 2.06. The same row has 3,050 jobs and a median of $28,580 per year. Read all three fields together.
A high share can appear in a small job base. A large job count can appear with a share near 1. A high median can appear in either case. The three measures are not a single score. They help you ask three clear questions: how many jobs, how common the role is in the local mix, and what wage BLS published.
1. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 2.06 in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. BLS lists 3,050 jobs and a median of $28,580 per year.
2. Medical and Health Services Managers has a location quotient of 1.91 in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. BLS lists 2,630 jobs and a median of $101,280 per year.
3. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators has a location quotient of 1.77 in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. BLS lists 3,150 jobs and a median of $48,710 per year.
Separate price view
What the BEA price level adds for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is 89.4. The U.S. level is 100. The local all-items level is 10.6% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
The housing index is 68.3. The goods index is 93.6. Utilities are 74.6. Other services are 95.3. These parts can move in different ways. The all-items number joins them with BEA's method; WageScope does not pick its own weights.
The BLS wage period is May 2025. The BEA price period is 2024. WageScope shows both dates because the clocks differ. It can divide a wage by the all-items index for a clear national-price-dollar proxy. It does not call that result take-home pay, spending power for one home, or a place score.
How to read survey care marks for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
The all-occupations employment RSE for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.6%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not an error bar for one person's wage.
The employment RSE belongs to the 358,210 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the all-occupations mean. WageScope does not attach either field to a detailed role, the median, or a percentile. Each role row has its own published care marks when BLS supplies them.
Some BLS values are blank or top coded. Blank does not mean zero. A top code means the value is at least the shown bound. WageScope keeps those states in the role pages and tables. It does not fill a missing value from a peer role, past year, or nearby place.
Use Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR as a map, then choose one occupation
Start with the role that matches the work you mean. Official titles can sound broad. Open the role page and check its SOC code. Then compare the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR row with the U.S. row on the same annual or hourly metric. Read the job count and location quotient beside the wage. Add the BEA price level only when the exact row is present.
Next, look at the wage spread. The median shows the middle. The 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentiles show more of the range. A posted job range can be compared with those marks as context, but it stays employer evidence. It never becomes part of the BLS estimate.
If the role-place row is missing, use the national role page or choose another official area. Do not guess. A clean missing state is more useful than a made-up number. It tells you what the source can and cannot answer.
Move from Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR wage data to one checked job
The area page does not treat every local job as the same. Choose an occupation first. WageScope can then use a strict employer-title match for that role. A place filter is used only when the BLS area has an exact approved match in the public place list. If that match is not safe, the page says so.
Each shown job keeps the employer, place, source, and seen date. The cards can change as the public catalog changes. They do not count toward this page's stable content gate. They do not change Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR's $45,790 all-occupations median. They do not prove that the employer uses the BLS title.
Open a listing before you tailor. Use facts from your own work that you can support. A wage value is not a skill, result, or duty. MeritLog can help shape confirmed work for the listing you chose. The public area page does not save the role, listing, place, or résumé on load.
What this Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR page does not say
The page does not say what one person in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR earns. It does not promise a wage, job, move, or result. It does not call the all-occupations median a role wage. It does not turn rank 286 of 393 into a place score. It does not say why wages differ.
The BLS job count leaves out people who work for themselves and other work outside the survey scope. The current job cards are a separate set of public listings. Neither source shows all work. Neither source tells you the chance of getting hired. A missing value stays missing.
Use the page for a narrow task. See the May 2025 local wage picture. Choose one official occupation. Compare the same field across like places. Add the separate 2024 price level when it exists. Read a current employer-title match. Then make a résumé choice from work facts you have confirmed.
No. BLS wage estimates are nominal. Where an exact BEA Regional Price Parity row exists, WageScope shows that price-level context separately and labels its source period.
Are MeritLog job listings part of the government wage estimate?
No. Eligible live listings remain separate from BLS statistics. Their locations and posted pay do not change the official area or occupation rows.
Current jobs
Precise employer-title matches for Registered Nurses
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3. General and Operations Managers has 9,330 estimated jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. Its published median is $76,080 per year. Its location quotient is 1.16.
4. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 8,720 estimated jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. Its published median is $27,470 per year. Its location quotient is 0.98.
5. Stockers and Order Fillers has 7,990 estimated jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. Its published median is $35,340 per year. Its location quotient is 1.22.
6. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 7,910 estimated jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. Its published median is $57,050 per year. Its location quotient is 1.67.
7. Office Clerks, General has 7,800 estimated jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. Its published median is $37,250 per year. Its location quotient is 1.37.
8. Cashiers has 7,300 estimated jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. Its published median is $27,720 per year. Its location quotient is 1.03.
3. General and Operations Managers has a published median of $76,080 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. BLS lists 9,330 jobs. Its local share is 1.16 times the national share.
4. Accountants and Auditors has a published median of $65,810 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. BLS lists 2,620 jobs. Its local share is 0.78 times the national share.
5. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a published median of $62,040 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. BLS lists 3,060 jobs. Its local share is 1.22 times the national share.
6. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a published median of $60,480 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. BLS lists 2,920 jobs. Its local share is 1.19 times the national share.
7. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a published median of $58,720 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. BLS lists 4,240 jobs. Its local share is 1.28 times the national share.
8. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a published median of $58,580 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. BLS lists 3,210 jobs. Its local share is 1 times the national share.
4. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.67 in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. BLS lists 7,910 jobs and a median of $57,050 per year.
5. Receptionists and Information Clerks has a location quotient of 1.62 in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. BLS lists 3,390 jobs and a median of $35,790 per year.
6. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.57 in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. BLS lists 5,250 jobs and a median of $35,370 per year.
7. Registered Nurses has a location quotient of 1.48 in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. BLS lists 11,550 jobs and a median of $81,070 per year.
8. Office Clerks, General has a location quotient of 1.37 in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. BLS lists 7,800 jobs and a median of $37,250 per year.
