Nurse salary in Arkansas: what each kind of nurse earns.
There is no single nurse wage. Here is the BLS median for each kind of nurse in Arkansas, how many people do the work there, and how it compares with the national figure.
$56,620 – $224,280
Range of medians across the 4 nurse occupations BLS publishes for Arkansas. No BLS figure combines them.
BLS publishes no single “nurse” wage for Arkansas. Across the 4 nurse occupations with a published May 2025 median in Arkansas, median annual pay ran from $56,620 (licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses) to $224,280 (nurse anesthetists). Registered nurses, the largest of them in Arkansas (29,400 employed), earned a median of $78,940, compared with $97,550 nationally.
Nurses in Arkansas at a glance
Registered nurses are the largest nurse occupation with a published median in Arkansas, with 29,400 employed and a median annual wage of $78,940 in May 2025 (BLS).
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025
Among the nurse occupations with a published median in Arkansas, nurse anesthetists had the highest: $224,280 (May 2025, BLS).
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025
None of the 4 nurse occupations with a published median in Arkansas were paid above their own national median in May 2025 (BLS).
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025
What each kind of nurse earns in Arkansas
Data One row per BLS occupation with a published state median, sorted by median annual pay. Hourly pay is shown only where BLS publishes it.
| Occupation (BLS title) | Median annual pay, Arkansas | Median hourly | Employed in Arkansas | National median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Anesthetists | $224,280 | $107.83 | not published | $236,590 | -5% vs national |
| Nurse Practitioners | $125,660 | $60.41 | 3,970 | $132,300 | -5% vs national |
| Registered Nurses | $78,940 | $37.95 | 29,400 | $97,550 | -19% vs national |
| Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | $56,620 | $27.22 | 10,010 | $64,400 | -12% vs national |
Data The other 1 nurse occupation on the national page, and what BLS publishes for Arkansas:
- no estimate in BLS's May 2025 file for Arkansas: Nurse Midwives.
How this page is built
Pay and employment are BLS OEWS state estimates for Arkansas, May 2025, for each BLS detailed occupation on the national Nurses page. BLS publishes no nurse-wide state figure; nothing on this page is averaged or combined by TryHired. “Difference” compares each occupation's state median with its own national median. Top-coded medians (BLS “#”) are shown as “$239,200 a year or more”, never as a number.
- Pay at a specific employer, hospital system, union contract or school district.
- Pay in a specific city: metro figures differ from the state median.
- Licensing rules in Arkansas.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).