Arkansas was 15.9% below the U.S. median for Fast Food and Counter Workers. It ranked 46 of 54 state areas with a published annual median. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Arkansas was 86.9, or 13.1% below the national price level. Its housing index was 58.2.
National-price-dollar proxy
$30,194
WageScope divides the published Fast Food and Counter Workers 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.
Fast Food and Counter Workers in Arkansas: wage guide
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 35-3023 and BLS area 05.
Questions, answered
Fast Food and Counter Workers pay in Arkansas: common questions
What is the median wage for Fast Food and Counter Workers in Arkansas?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of $26,250 per year for Fast Food and Counter Workers in Arkansas. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is Fast Food and Counter Workers pay higher in Arkansas than nationally?
Arkansas's published median was 15.9% below the U.S. median for the same occupation and release.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Arkansas?
No. The BLS wage is nominal. WageScope separately shows BEA's 2024 all-items Regional Price Parity of 86.9 and a transparent national-price-dollar proxy.
How many Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs does BLS estimate in Arkansas?
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What the Fast Food and Counter Workers median says in Arkansas
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Fast Food and Counter Workers median in Arkansas at $26,250 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 35-3023 and BLS area 05.
BLS lists 35,660 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $26,890 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Arkansas's Fast Food and Counter Workers median is 15.9% below the U.S. Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 on the same published median. The comparison uses the same SOC code and source period. It does not add price levels, taxes, benefits, hours, or a person's work history.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 35-3023 and area 05. SOC 35-3023 names Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area 05 names Arkansas. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 35-3023/05 row reports 35,660 wage and salary jobs, 27.36 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 1.1 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 35-3023/05, the annual median is $26,250 per year, while the matching mean is $26,890 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
BLS area 05 facts behind this Fast Food and Counter Workers page
Area 05 reports 1,303,630 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $54,890. Its annual median is $43,630. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 35-3023 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Arkansas runs from $27,020 at the 10th percentile to $94,740 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $31,880. The median is $43,630. The 75th percentile is $61,850. This is a place check, not a pay range for Fast Food and Counter Workers.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 05. They do not show related skills or a path into Fast Food and Counter Workers.
1. Area 05, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 35,510 jobs, $29,270 annual median, 27.24 jobs per 1,000, and 1.09 location quotient.
2. Area 05, SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers: 34,570 jobs, $74,050 annual median, 26.52 jobs per 1,000, and 1.18 location quotient.
3. Area 05, SOC 53-3032, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers: 32,220 jobs, $51,550 annual median, 24.72 jobs per 1,000, and 1.86 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Arkansas wage ladder for Fast Food and Counter Workers
The 10th percentile is $23,240 per year. The 25th percentile is $23,570 per year. The median is $26,250 per year. The 75th percentile is $27,850 per year. The 90th percentile is $32,120 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from $23,570 per year to $27,850 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $8,880. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Arkansas has a annual median of $26,250 per year. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $31,200 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Arkansas. Arkansas is 15.9% below the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Where Arkansas sits for Fast Food and Counter Workers
Arkansas ranks 46 of 54 among states and territories with a published annual median for Fast Food and Counter Workers. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 46 of 54 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.
The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.
43. Tennessee has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $27,470 per year, 90,690 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.12.
44. Kentucky has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $27,130 per year, 41,860 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.84.
45. Georgia has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $26,920 per year, 145,030 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.2.
47. West Virginia has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $26,070 per year, 6,240 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.36.
Pay leaders
Where Fast Food and Counter Workers medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 35-3023, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. California has the highest published median in this set, at $42,280 per year. Arkansas sits at $26,250 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Fast Food and Counter Workers is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. California has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $42,280 per year, or $16,030 above Arkansas. BLS lists 449,840 jobs there, compared with 35,660 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 1.
2. Washington has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $37,710 per year, or $11,460 above Arkansas. BLS lists 94,710 jobs there, compared with 35,660 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 1.08.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs
Texas has the largest published state job estimate for Fast Food and Counter Workers in this same-source set, at 460,530 jobs. Arkansas has 35,660. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. Texas has 460,530 estimated Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs, a gap of 424,870 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $27,740 per year, or $1,490 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 1.32.
2. California has 449,840 estimated Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs, a gap of 414,180 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $42,280 per year, or $16,030 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 1.
Local-share leaders
Where Fast Food and Counter Workers takes the largest share of local jobs
Hawaii has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 1.55. Arkansas has 1.1. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Fast Food and Counter Workers is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Hawaii has a location quotient of 1.55, a gap of 0.45 from Arkansas. BLS lists 24,130 Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs and a median of $35,250 per year, or $9,000 above Arkansas.
2. South Dakota has a location quotient of 1.34, a gap of 0.24 from Arkansas. BLS lists 15,150 Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs and a median of $29,490 per year, or $3,240 above Arkansas.
3. Kansas has a location quotient of 1.32, a gap of 0.22 from Arkansas. BLS lists 47,140 Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs and a median of $27,580 per year, or $1,330 above Arkansas.
Job scale and share
How common Fast Food and Counter Workers is in Arkansas
BLS lists 35,660 Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs in Arkansas. It also lists 27.36 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 1.1. A value of 1 means Fast Food and Counter Workers has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Fast Food and Counter Workers beside other roles in Arkansas
The all-occupations median in Arkansas is $43,630 per year. The Fast Food and Counter Workers median is $26,250 per year. Fast Food and Counter Workers is 39.8% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.
The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Arkansas. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.
Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Fast Food and Counter Workers. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.
1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides, SOC 31-1120, has a Arkansas median of $27,660 per year. BLS lists 19,840 jobs and a location quotient of 0.55.
2. Cashiers, SOC 41-2011, has a Arkansas median of $27,670 per year. BLS lists 28,270 jobs and a location quotient of 1.09.
3. Waiters and Waitresses, SOC 35-3031, has a Arkansas median of $24,680 per year. BLS lists 17,880 jobs and a location quotient of 0.94.
Area job mix
The largest detailed roles in Arkansas
Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Arkansas table, at 35,510 jobs. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 35,660 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 1,303,630. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Fast Food and Counter Workers's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Retail Salespersons has 35,510 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 150 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its median is $29,270 per year, or $3,020 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.09.
2. General and Operations Managers has 34,570 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 1,090 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its median is $74,050 per year, or $47,800 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.18.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Arkansas
Registered Nurses has the highest published median in the bounded Arkansas role table, at $78,940 per year. Fast Food and Counter Workers has $26,250 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $43,630 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. Registered Nurses has a median of $78,940 per year in Arkansas, or $52,690 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 29,400 jobs, compared with 35,660 for Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.04.
2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $74,050 per year in Arkansas, or $47,800 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 34,570 jobs, compared with 35,660 for Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.18.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Arkansas
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has the highest location quotient in the bounded Arkansas role table, at 1.95. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 1.1. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Fast Food and Counter Workers with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a location quotient of 1.95 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.85 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 11,000 jobs and a median of $63,090 per year, or $36,840 above Fast Food and Counter Workers.
2. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.86 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.76 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 32,220 jobs and a median of $51,550 per year, or $25,300 above Fast Food and Counter Workers.
Price-level view
What $26,250 may mean after the Arkansas price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Arkansas is 86.9. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 13.1% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $26,250 Fast Food and Counter Workers median by 86.9 divided by 100. The result is $30,194 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.
Housing is 58.2. Goods are 93.6. Utilities are 74.7. Other services are 95.3. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.
The employment RSE for this Fast Food and Counter Workers row is 5.3%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.1%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 35,660 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $26,890 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Fast Food and Counter Workers. It uses a Arkansas place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $26,250 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Fast Food and Counter Workers row for Arkansas does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 35,660 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.1 is not a growth score. Rank 46 of 54 is not a place score. The 86.9 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 35-3023 in BLS area 05. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
BLS published an employment estimate of 35,660 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 05, SOC 43-9061, Office Clerks, General: 29,940 jobs, $37,050 annual median, 22.96 jobs per 1,000, and 1.45 location quotient.
5. Area 05, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 29,400 jobs, $78,940 annual median, 22.55 jobs per 1,000, and 1.04 location quotient.
6. Area 05, SOC 53-7065, Stockers and Order Fillers: 28,350 jobs, $34,700 annual median, 21.75 jobs per 1,000, and 1.19 location quotient.
3. District of Columbia has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $37,430 per year, or $11,180 above Arkansas. BLS lists 5,500 jobs there, compared with 35,660 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 0.32.
4. Colorado has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $36,270 per year, or $10,020 above Arkansas. BLS lists 82,010 jobs there, compared with 35,660 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 1.15.
5. Vermont has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $36,030 per year, or $9,780 above Arkansas. BLS lists 6,830 jobs there, compared with 35,660 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 0.91.
6. Massachusetts has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $35,850 per year, or $9,600 above Arkansas. BLS lists 85,810 jobs there, compared with 35,660 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 0.95.
7. Connecticut has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $35,380 per year, or $9,130 above Arkansas. BLS lists 35,720 jobs there, compared with 35,660 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 0.85.
8. Hawaii has a Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $35,250 per year, or $9,000 above Arkansas. BLS lists 24,130 jobs there, compared with 35,660 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 1.55.
3. Florida has 235,400 estimated Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs, a gap of 199,740 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $29,080 per year, or $2,830 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 0.96.
4. New York has 168,620 estimated Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs, a gap of 132,960 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $35,250 per year, or $9,000 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 0.7.
5. Ohio has 163,560 estimated Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs, a gap of 127,900 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $28,430 per year, or $2,180 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 1.19.
6. Georgia has 145,030 estimated Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs, a gap of 109,370 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $26,920 per year, or $670 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 1.2.
7. Pennsylvania has 142,220 estimated Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs, a gap of 106,560 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $28,570 per year, or $2,320 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 0.95.
8. Illinois has 127,590 estimated Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs, a gap of 91,930 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $33,910 per year, or $7,660 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 0.84.
4. Texas has a location quotient of 1.32, a gap of 0.22 from Arkansas. BLS lists 460,530 Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs and a median of $27,740 per year, or $1,490 above Arkansas.
5. New Mexico has a location quotient of 1.31, a gap of 0.21 from Arkansas. BLS lists 28,250 Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs and a median of $28,700 per year, or $2,450 above Arkansas.
6. Oklahoma has a location quotient of 1.24, a gap of 0.14 from Arkansas. BLS lists 52,520 Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs and a median of $23,430 per year, or $2,820 below Arkansas.
7. Indiana has a location quotient of 1.23, a gap of 0.13 from Arkansas. BLS lists 97,290 Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs and a median of $28,790 per year, or $2,540 above Arkansas.
8. Oregon has a location quotient of 1.23, a gap of 0.13 from Arkansas. BLS lists 59,920 Fast Food and Counter Workers jobs and a median of $35,050 per year, or $8,800 above Arkansas.
4. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary, SOC 25-9045, has a Arkansas median of $28,790 per year. BLS lists 11,270 jobs and a location quotient of 0.95.
5. Retail Salespersons, SOC 41-2031, has a Arkansas median of $29,270 per year. BLS lists 35,510 jobs and a location quotient of 1.09.
6. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, SOC 37-2011, has a Arkansas median of $29,750 per year. BLS lists 19,490 jobs and a location quotient of 1.05.
7. Cooks, Restaurant, SOC 35-2014, has a Arkansas median of $30,180 per year. BLS lists 11,270 jobs and a location quotient of 0.95.
8. First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, SOC 35-1012, has a Arkansas median of $33,800 per year. BLS lists 11,200 jobs and a location quotient of 1.09.
3. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 32,220 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 3,440 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its median is $51,550 per year, or $25,300 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.86.
4. Office Clerks, General has 29,940 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 5,720 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its median is $37,050 per year, or $10,800 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.45.
5. Registered Nurses has 29,400 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 6,260 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its median is $78,940 per year, or $52,690 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.04.
6. Stockers and Order Fillers has 28,350 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 7,310 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its median is $34,700 per year, or $8,450 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.19.
7. Cashiers has 28,270 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 7,390 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its median is $27,670 per year, or $1,420 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.09.
8. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 21,430 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 14,230 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its median is $35,920 per year, or $9,670 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 0.87.
3. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a median of $63,090 per year in Arkansas, or $36,840 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 11,000 jobs, compared with 35,660 for Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.95.
4. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $59,660 per year in Arkansas, or $33,410 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 12,890 jobs, compared with 35,660 for Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.44.
5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $58,100 per year in Arkansas, or $31,850 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 13,630 jobs, compared with 35,660 for Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.13.
6. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a median of $56,620 per year in Arkansas, or $30,370 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 10,010 jobs, compared with 35,660 for Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.84.
7. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $55,120 per year in Arkansas, or $28,870 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 12,740 jobs, compared with 35,660 for Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.23.
8. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $52,700 per year in Arkansas, or $26,450 above Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 12,590 jobs, compared with 35,660 for Fast Food and Counter Workers. Its location quotient is 1.08.
3. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a location quotient of 1.84 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.74 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 10,010 jobs and a median of $56,620 per year, or $30,370 above Fast Food and Counter Workers.
4. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators has a location quotient of 1.67 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.57 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 10,850 jobs and a median of $43,780 per year, or $17,530 above Fast Food and Counter Workers.
5. Office Clerks, General has a location quotient of 1.45 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.35 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 29,940 jobs and a median of $37,050 per year, or $10,800 above Fast Food and Counter Workers.
6. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a location quotient of 1.44 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.34 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 12,890 jobs and a median of $59,660 per year, or $33,410 above Fast Food and Counter Workers.
7. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.42 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.32 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 17,260 jobs and a median of $34,430 per year, or $8,180 above Fast Food and Counter Workers.
8. Receptionists and Information Clerks has a location quotient of 1.42 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.32 from Fast Food and Counter Workers. BLS lists 10,870 jobs and a median of $34,840 per year, or $8,590 above Fast Food and Counter Workers.
Fast Food and Counter Workers pay in Arkansas | BLS 2025
Current jobs
Precise employer-title matches for Fast Food and Counter Workers in Arkansas
Filtered through MeritLog's approved Arkansas place record and a strict employer-title rule. Listings are not classified by BLS and remain separate from BLS and BEA estimates.
