Arkansas · SOC 51-0000 · Annual, 2025
Production occupations in Arkansas
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 51-0000 in Arkansas, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 115,500 people in Arkansas worked in production occupations (SOC 51-0000), with an average annual wage of $51,630.
Employment in production occupations in Arkansas grew 5.7% from 2020 to 2025. This occupation group is 1.6× as concentrated in Arkansas as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 1.59). Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Arkansas are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 115,500Employment, 2025
- $51,630Mean annual wage
- 8.8%Share of Arkansas jobs
- 1.59Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 143,700; 2005 142,300; 2006 140,800; 2007 134,800; 2008 130,000; 2009 117,100; 2010 115,100; 2011 114,800; 2012 112,500; 2013 110,900; 2014 112,000; 2015 112,400; 2016 112,200; 2017 113,000; 2018 115,300; 2019 115,900; 2020 109,300; 2021 110,700; 2022 114,100; 2023 116,700; 2024 117,500; 2025 115,500.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 115,515 | $51,626 | 1.7% |
| 2024 | 117,476 | $49,181 | 0.7% |
| 2023 | 116,653 | $46,801 | 2.3% |
| 2022 | 114,055 | $44,961 | 3.0% |
| 2021 | 110,701 | $42,677 | 1.3% |
| 2020 | 109,273 | $40,278 | 5.7% |
| 2019 | 115,921 | $37,781 | 0.5% |
| 2018 | 115,304 | $36,572 | 2.0% |
| 2017 | 113,032 | $35,465 | 0.8% |
| 2016 | 112,183 | $34,410 | 0.2% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Production occupations in Arkansas, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for production occupations in Arkansas. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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