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Arkansas: cities in the highest-paying counties

Ranked from official statistics; every city opens its own guide.

In short: Arkansas: Rogers has the highest average pay in its county ($81,978) among the 60 largest places.
Little Rock (203,436 residents)Fayetteville (99,319 residents)Fort Smith (89,805 residents)Springdale (88,160 residents)Jonesboro (80,137 residents)Rogers (72,981 residents)Conway (67,642 residents)North Little Rock (64,538 residents)Bentonville (58,249 residents)Pine Bluff (39,743 residents)Hot Springs (37,920 residents)Benton (36,595 residents)Sherwood (33,070 residents)Bella Vista (31,697 residents)Paragould (30,215 residents)Jacksonville (29,221 residents)Texarkana (29,177 residents)Russellville (29,162 residents)Cabot (26,960 residents)West Memphis (23,929 residents)Van Buren (23,763 residents)Searcy (23,340 residents)Centerton (21,920 residents)Bryant (21,504 residents)Maumelle (19,373 residents)Siloam Springs (18,699 residents)El Dorado (17,115 residents)Hot Springs Village (16,327 residents)Marion (13,623 residents)Harrison (13,350 residents)Mountain Home (13,108 residents)Blytheville (12,790 residents)Forrest City (12,646 residents)Batesville (11,445 residents)Malvern (10,953 residents)Magnolia (10,894 residents)Lowell (10,849 residents)Camden (10,307 residents)Arkadelphia (10,099 residents)Greenwood (9,616 residents)Clarksville (9,526 residents)Farmington (9,094 residents)Helena-West Helena (8,935 residents)Beebe (8,707 residents)Hope (8,671 residents)Monticello (8,257 residents)Wynne (8,120 residents)Pea Ridge (8,108 residents)Newport (8,024 residents)Stuttgart (7,903 residents)Prairie Grove (7,798 residents)Pocahontas (7,538 residents)Trumann (7,410 residents)Heber Springs (7,161 residents)Morrilton (7,080 residents)East End (6,912 residents)Osceola (6,688 residents)Ward (6,573 residents)Tontitown (6,425 residents)De Queen (6,058 residents)
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By AtiveSite · Published 07/11/2026 · Updated 07/11/2026 · Every figure is linked to its source below.

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Ranking

CITY (60 largest of Arkansas) Official statistics Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year (via Census Reporter) · BLS QCEW 2024 · Data: ACS 2020–2024; QCEW 2024

Among the 60 largest places in Arkansas, Rogers has the highest average pay in its county ($81,978), followed by Bentonville and Bella Vista. Click any column to sort; click a city for its guide.

What the ranking shows

Across the 60 places in Arkansas that we cover, the median is $49,612 and the average $54,838; the figure runs from $81,978 (Rogers) to $40,131 (Pocahontas). That is a spread of 2.0 times between the two ends.

How to use it

The first five are Rogers, Bentonville, Bella Vista, Centerton, Siloam Springs. A high or low position is not good or bad on its own: read it together with the other measures on the city pages. Use the Compare tab on each city page to see how two places differ across income, rent, commute and education, and check the county page for the local job market.

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# ⇅City ⇅County ⇅County average annual pay ⇅Population ⇅Median household income ⇅Median rent ⇅
1RogersBenton County$81,97872,981$86,728$1,270
2BentonvilleBenton County$81,97858,249$112,792$1,344
3Bella VistaBenton County$81,97831,697$88,055$1,395
4CentertonBenton County$81,97821,920$115,713$1,465
5Siloam SpringsBenton County$81,97818,699$72,065$1,003
6LowellBenton County$81,97810,849$95,527$1,136
7Pea RidgeBenton County$81,9788,108$95,521$1,818
8BlythevilleMississippi County$72,60512,790$47,865$855
9OsceolaMississippi County$72,6056,688$46,202$846
10Little RockPulaski County$63,505203,436$63,003$1,106
11North Little RockPulaski County$63,50564,538$52,707$1,069
12SherwoodPulaski County$63,50533,070$81,328$1,101
13JacksonvillePulaski County$63,50529,221$49,666$930
14MaumellePulaski County$63,50519,373$103,333$1,047
15El DoradoUnion County$61,64817,115$49,244$880
16FayettevilleWashington County$59,68099,319$62,695$1,065
17SpringdaleWashington County$59,68088,160$69,787$1,071
18FarmingtonWashington County$59,6809,094$90,469$1,321
19Prairie GroveWashington County$59,6807,798$70,701$968
20TontitownWashington County$59,6806,425$85,603$1,346
21Fort SmithSebastian County$55,17389,805$54,816$884
22GreenwoodSebastian County$55,1739,616$66,844$836
23StuttgartArkansas County$52,5427,903$49,399$872
24JonesboroCraighead County$51,69080,137$55,424$956
25Pine BluffJefferson County$51,56939,743$42,718$855
26TexarkanaMiller County$50,57929,177$45,835$909
27RussellvillePope County$50,32429,162$50,877$842
28TrumannPoinsett County$50,0367,410$38,881$586
29ConwayFaulkner County$49,97467,642$63,004$1,011
30MorriltonConway County$49,6127,080$47,572$717
31NewportJackson County$49,2338,024$34,764$597
32MagnoliaColumbia County$49,21210,894$56,127$633
33Van BurenCrawford County$48,77823,763$61,149$847
34BatesvilleIndependence County$48,64211,445$51,856$882
35Forrest CitySaint Francis County$48,57012,646$35,689$805
36HarrisonBoone County$48,35013,350$44,056$753
37CamdenOuachita County$48,30310,307$49,361$768
38MalvernHot Spring County$48,22910,953$46,250$764
39West MemphisCrittenden County$47,79023,929$42,674$870
40MarionCrittenden County$47,79013,623$78,330$1,148
41ParagouldGreene County$47,49030,215$56,980$925
42BentonSaline County$47,45436,595$72,876$1,072
43BryantSaline County$47,45421,504$83,024$993
44Hot Springs Village (unincorporated)Saline County$47,45416,327$75,370$1,209
45East End (unincorporated)Saline County$47,4546,912$87,936$1,071
46Hot SpringsGarland County$46,22637,920$47,760$914
47SearcyWhite County$46,05023,340$52,170$905
48BeebeWhite County$46,0508,707$59,476$799
49ArkadelphiaClark County$45,51410,099$48,657$814
50HopeHempstead County$45,2828,671$37,500$823
51Mountain HomeBaxter County$45,03613,108$41,274$865
52MonticelloDrew County$44,2958,257$27,238$707
53De QueenSevier County$43,3906,058$52,522$757
54CabotLonoke County$43,05426,960$75,000$1,110
55WardLonoke County$43,0546,573$72,734$1,202
56Heber SpringsCleburne County$41,8747,161$50,636$847
57ClarksvilleJohnson County$41,8599,526$37,373$760
58Helena-West HelenaPhillips County$41,5968,935$36,019$771
59WynneCross County$41,3598,120$43,250$760
60PocahontasRandolph County$40,1317,538$44,216$768

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Unincorporated places are census-designated places: they have no city government but are counted as communities. County figures describe the whole county where the city lies.

FAQ

Which Arkansas city has the highest average pay in its county?

Rogers, with $81,978 (among the 60 largest places; ACS 2020–2024).

How many cities are ranked?

The 60 largest places in Arkansas by population.

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