Arkansas was 10.8% below the U.S. median for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. It ranked 51 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
$55,178
WageScope divides the published Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 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.
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 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 51-4121 and BLS area 05.
Questions, answered
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers pay in Arkansas: common questions
What is the median wage for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in Arkansas?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of $47,970 per year for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in Arkansas. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers pay higher in Arkansas than nationally?
Arkansas's published median was 10.8% 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 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs does BLS estimate in Arkansas?
From market data to your evidence
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What the Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median says in Arkansas
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median in Arkansas at $47,970 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 51-4121 and BLS area 05.
BLS lists 6,150 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 $50,020 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Arkansas's Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median is 10.8% below the U.S. Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $53,750 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 51-4121 and area 05. SOC 51-4121 names Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Area 05 names Arkansas. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 51-4121/05 row reports 6,150 wage and salary jobs, 4.72 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 1.76 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 51-4121/05, the annual median is $47,970 per year, while the matching mean is $50,020 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 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 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 51-4121 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 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.
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 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.
1. Area 05, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 35,660 jobs, $26,250 annual median, 27.36 jobs per 1,000, and 1.1 location quotient.
2. 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.
3. 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.
Pay range
Read the Arkansas wage ladder for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
The 10th percentile is $37,380 per year. The 25th percentile is $42,950 per year. The median is $47,970 per year. The 75th percentile is $55,280 per year. The 90th percentile is $62,830 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 $42,950 per year to $55,280 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $25,450. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Arkansas has a annual median of $47,970 per year. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $53,750 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Arkansas. Arkansas is 10.8% 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 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Arkansas ranks 51 of 54 among states and territories with a published annual median for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 51 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.
48. Alabama has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $48,490 per year, 12,450 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 2.2.
49. Georgia has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $48,430 per year, 13,130 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.
50. Tennessee has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $48,040 per year, 12,510 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.43.
52. Virgin Islands (territory) has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $46,270 per year, 60 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.68.
Pay leaders
Where Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 51-4121, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. Alaska has the highest published median in this set, at $80,840 per year. Arkansas sits at $47,970 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 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. Alaska has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $80,840 per year, or $32,870 above Arkansas. BLS lists 790 jobs there, compared with 6,150 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 0.9.
2. Hawaii has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $79,000 per year, or $31,030 above Arkansas. BLS lists 520 jobs there, compared with 6,150 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 0.31.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs
Texas has the largest published state job estimate for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in this same-source set, at 52,000 jobs. Arkansas has 6,150. 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 52,000 estimated Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs, a gap of 45,850 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $53,340 per year, or $5,370 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 1.38.
2. California has 26,060 estimated Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs, a gap of 19,910 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $58,060 per year, or $10,090 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 0.53.
Local-share leaders
Where Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers takes the largest share of local jobs
South Dakota has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 2.66. Arkansas has 1.76. 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 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 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. South Dakota has a location quotient of 2.66, a gap of 0.90 from Arkansas. BLS lists 3,250 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs and a median of $49,440 per year, or $1,470 above Arkansas.
2. Louisiana has a location quotient of 2.64, a gap of 0.88 from Arkansas. BLS lists 13,690 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs and a median of $62,250 per year, or $14,280 above Arkansas.
3. Wyoming has a location quotient of 2.46, a gap of 0.70 from Arkansas. BLS lists 1,850 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs and a median of $63,820 per year, or $15,850 above Arkansas.
Job scale and share
How common Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers is in Arkansas
BLS lists 6,150 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs in Arkansas. It also lists 4.72 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 1.76. A value of 1 means Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 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.
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers beside other roles in Arkansas
The all-occupations median in Arkansas is $43,630 per year. The Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median is $47,970 per year. Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers is 9.9% above 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 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. 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. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3032, has a Arkansas median of $51,550 per year. BLS lists 32,220 jobs and a location quotient of 1.86.
2. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators, SOC 53-7051, has a Arkansas median of $43,780 per year. BLS lists 10,850 jobs and a location quotient of 1.67.
3. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Arkansas median of $43,400 per year. BLS lists 12,410 jobs and a location quotient of 0.97.
Area job mix
The largest detailed roles in Arkansas
Fast Food and Counter Workers is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Arkansas table, at 35,660 jobs. Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers has 6,150 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 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 35,660 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 29,510 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its median is $26,250 per year, or $21,720 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.1.
2. Retail Salespersons has 35,510 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 29,360 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its median is $29,270 per year, or $18,700 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.09.
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. Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers has $47,970 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 $30,970 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 29,400 jobs, compared with 6,150 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.04.
2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $74,050 per year in Arkansas, or $26,080 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 34,570 jobs, compared with 6,150 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. 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. Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers has 1.76. 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 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 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 0.19 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 11,000 jobs and a median of $63,090 per year, or $15,120 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.
2. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.86 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.10 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 32,220 jobs and a median of $51,550 per year, or $3,580 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.
Price-level view
What $47,970 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 $47,970 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median by 86.9 divided by 100. The result is $55,178 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 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers row is 3.3%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.9%. 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 6,150 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $50,020 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 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. 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 $47,970 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 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 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 6,150 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.76 is not a growth score. Rank 51 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 51-4121 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 6,150 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 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
3. Connecticut has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $64,880 per year, or $16,910 above Arkansas. BLS lists 1,790 jobs there, compared with 6,150 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 0.39.
4. Wyoming has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $63,820 per year, or $15,850 above Arkansas. BLS lists 1,850 jobs there, compared with 6,150 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 2.46.
5. Washington has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $63,020 per year, or $15,050 above Arkansas. BLS lists 7,720 jobs there, compared with 6,150 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 0.81.
6. Massachusetts has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $62,570 per year, or $14,600 above Arkansas. BLS lists 2,830 jobs there, compared with 6,150 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 0.29.
7. New Hampshire has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $62,360 per year, or $14,390 above Arkansas. BLS lists 1,110 jobs there, compared with 6,150 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 0.61.
8. Louisiana has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $62,250 per year, or $14,280 above Arkansas. BLS lists 13,690 jobs there, compared with 6,150 in Arkansas. The location quotient is 2.64.
3. Ohio has 20,330 estimated Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs, a gap of 14,180 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $50,340 per year, or $2,370 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 1.37.
4. Pennsylvania has 17,850 estimated Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs, a gap of 11,700 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $52,900 per year, or $4,930 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 1.1.
5. Florida has 16,420 estimated Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs, a gap of 10,270 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $50,640 per year, or $2,670 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 0.62.
6. Illinois has 16,260 estimated Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs, a gap of 10,110 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $51,320 per year, or $3,350 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 1.
7. Wisconsin has 15,320 estimated Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs, a gap of 9,170 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $58,410 per year, or $10,440 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 1.95.
8. Louisiana has 13,690 estimated Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs, a gap of 7,540 jobs from Arkansas. Its median is $62,250 per year, or $14,280 above Arkansas. Its location quotient is 2.64.
4. North Dakota has a location quotient of 2.26, a gap of 0.50 from Arkansas. BLS lists 2,590 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs and a median of $62,000 per year, or $14,030 above Arkansas.
5. Iowa has a location quotient of 2.22, a gap of 0.46 from Arkansas. BLS lists 9,270 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs and a median of $55,090 per year, or $7,120 above Arkansas.
6. Alabama has a location quotient of 2.2, a gap of 0.44 from Arkansas. BLS lists 12,450 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs and a median of $48,490 per year, or $520 above Arkansas.
7. Oklahoma has a location quotient of 2.18, a gap of 0.42 from Arkansas. BLS lists 9,960 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs and a median of $49,720 per year, or $1,750 above Arkansas.
8. Mississippi has a location quotient of 2.08, a gap of 0.32 from Arkansas. BLS lists 6,460 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs and a median of $51,100 per year, or $3,130 above Arkansas.
4. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education, SOC 25-2021, has a Arkansas median of $52,700 per year. BLS lists 12,590 jobs and a location quotient of 1.08.
5. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Arkansas median of $42,840 per year. BLS lists 12,510 jobs and a location quotient of 1.09.
6. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products, SOC 41-4012, has a Arkansas median of $55,120 per year. BLS lists 12,740 jobs and a location quotient of 1.23.
7. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, SOC 29-2061, has a Arkansas median of $56,620 per year. BLS lists 10,010 jobs and a location quotient of 1.84.
8. Customer Service Representatives, SOC 43-4051, has a Arkansas median of $37,840 per year. BLS lists 20,680 jobs and a location quotient of 0.95.
3. General and Operations Managers has 34,570 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 28,420 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its median is $74,050 per year, or $26,080 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.18.
4. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 32,220 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 26,070 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its median is $51,550 per year, or $3,580 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.86.
5. Office Clerks, General has 29,940 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 23,790 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its median is $37,050 per year, or $10,920 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.45.
6. Registered Nurses has 29,400 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 23,250 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its median is $78,940 per year, or $30,970 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.04.
7. Stockers and Order Fillers has 28,350 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 22,200 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its median is $34,700 per year, or $13,270 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.19.
8. Cashiers has 28,270 jobs in Arkansas, a gap of 22,120 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its median is $27,670 per year, or $20,300 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.09.
3. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a median of $63,090 per year in Arkansas, or $15,120 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 11,000 jobs, compared with 6,150 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. 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 $11,690 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 12,890 jobs, compared with 6,150 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. 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 $10,130 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 13,630 jobs, compared with 6,150 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.13.
6. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a median of $56,620 per year in Arkansas, or $8,650 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 10,010 jobs, compared with 6,150 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. 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 $7,150 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 12,740 jobs, compared with 6,150 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.23.
8. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $52,700 per year in Arkansas, or $4,730 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 12,590 jobs, compared with 6,150 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. 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 0.08 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 10,010 jobs and a median of $56,620 per year, or $8,650 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.
4. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators has a location quotient of 1.67 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.09 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 10,850 jobs and a median of $43,780 per year, or $4,190 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.
5. Office Clerks, General has a location quotient of 1.45 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.31 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 29,940 jobs and a median of $37,050 per year, or $10,920 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.
6. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a location quotient of 1.44 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.32 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 12,890 jobs and a median of $59,660 per year, or $11,690 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.
7. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.42 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.34 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 17,260 jobs and a median of $34,430 per year, or $13,540 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.
8. Receptionists and Information Clerks has a location quotient of 1.42 in Arkansas, a gap of 0.34 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 10,870 jobs and a median of $34,840 per year, or $13,130 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.
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