Pulaski County · Arkansas
Little Rock, AR jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Little Rock, AR earn a median of $42,963 a year, 4% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 4.2% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 29.2% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $42,963#43 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 4.2%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 63.7%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 96,736Civilian employed, age 16+
What Little Rock does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance29.2%
- Professional, scientific & management12.1%
- Retail trade10.8%
- Finance, insurance & real estate8.1%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food7.3%
- Public administration6.4%
- Manufacturing6.2%
- Construction5.7%
- Other services, except public administration5.3%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities4.9%
- Wholesale trade1.9%
- Information1.8%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.3%
Related data for Little Rock
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.