Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

Table 1 compares the top 100 highest-paying jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, ranked by annual average salary. For each job, the table displays the number of employees with that job, as well as the job's entry-level salary. (The entry-level salary is calculated based on the 10% of paid workers with the lowest salaries.)

Based on the table, we see that the highest-paying jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR are those of general dentist, with an average annual salary of $200,530. The second highest-paying jobs are those of judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates, with an average salary of $180,130.

All of the shown salary and employment information for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR has been computed using data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2023. Notably, the highest-paying occupations change from year to year. Tables 2, 3, and 4 show the top 10 highest-paying occupations in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR in 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Table 1. Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	No. of Empl i
1	General Dentists	$200,530	$53,050	270
2	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$180,130	$90,060	60
3	All Other Physicians	$178,000	$56,470	780
4	Nurse Anesthetists	$169,070	$49,980	160
5	Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers	$164,640	$76,270	1,590
6	Chief Executives	$128,980	$45,960	740
7	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$128,030	$89,980	250
8	Pharmacists	$127,840	$45,870	1,070
9	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$125,610	$57,960	80
10	Optometrists	$120,450	$70,150	90
11	Sales Managers	$113,800	$63,850	650
12	Power Distributors and Dispatchers	$110,430	$83,770	150
13	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$104,180	$70,510	1,270
14	Computer Network Architects	$103,890	$57,980	320
15	Commercial Pilots	$103,340	$35,770	100
16	Marketing Managers	$103,280	$50,040	260
17	Nurse Practitioners	$102,880	$93,380	930
18	Postsecondary Business Teachers	$102,680	$48,850	110
19	Industrial Production Managers	$102,420	$63,360	320
20	Financial Managers	$102,270	$58,850	1,970
21	Postsecondary Economics Teachers	$101,360	$81,550	30
22	Electrical Engineers	$101,050	$69,620	320
23	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$100,090	$50,600	350
24	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$97,490	$60,670	60
25	Software Developers	$96,790	$60,150	1,520
26	Engineers, All Other	$95,220	$63,550	70
27	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	$95,010	$63,920	40
28	Administrative Services Managers	$94,790	$61,940	460
29	Veterinarians	$91,680	$39,680	130
30	All Other Managers	$90,880	$51,060	2,000
31	Postsecondary Agricultural Sciences Teachers	$90,020	$54,720	50
32	Audiologists	$89,980	$68,110	60
33	Physical Therapists	$89,730	$66,220	670
34	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$88,790	$55,430	60
35	Database Architects	$87,420	$62,470	70
36	Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers	$87,410	$48,340	90
37	Environmental Engineers	$87,300	$44,610	50
38	Lawyers	$87,240	$57,220	1,610
39	Electronics Engineers (Non Computer)	$86,080	$70,770	60
40	Psychiatrists	$84,670	$52,950	60
41	Other Biological Scientists	$84,640	$32,550	40
42	Industrial Engineers	$84,560	$61,950	400
43	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$84,390	$57,660	280
44	Training and Development Managers	$84,250	$49,120	100
45	Advertising and Promotions Managers	$83,260	$24,890	70
46	Public Relations Managers	$83,160	$56,290	90
47	Medical and Health Services Managers	$82,870	$53,950	2,520
48	Human Resources Managers	$82,780	$50,380	360
49	Financial Examiners	$82,750	$45,530	240
50	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$82,130	$63,790	630
51	Natural Sciences Managers	$81,990	$47,640	120
52	Purchasing Managers	$81,740	$50,220	260
53	Other Postsecondary Social Sciences Teachers	$80,810	$39,020	40
54	Computer Programmers	$80,770	$49,840	420
55	Art Directors	$80,550	$52,170	50
56	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$80,230	$52,160	570
57	Occupational Therapists	$79,960	$31,440	570
58	Facilities Managers	$79,710	$58,240	160
59	Private Detectives and Investigators	$79,130	$34,320	40
60	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$79,020	$49,380	160
61	Chiropractors	$78,130	$40,810	80
62	Occupational Therapy Assistants	$77,740	$48,500	150
63	Other Education Administrators	$77,620	$42,400	130
64	Architects (Except Landscape and Naval)	$77,360	$52,830	250
65	Dental Hygienists	$77,360	$46,800	450
66	Orthotists and Prosthetists	$77,340	$56,280	50
67	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$76,990	$60,000	150
68	Civil Engineers	$76,580	$50,040	890
69	Construction Managers	$76,550	$44,500	580
70	Speech-Language Pathologists	$76,510	$60,830	670
71	Mechanical Engineers	$75,400	$49,960	240
72	Project Management Specialists	$75,090	$44,590	1,330
73	Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives	$74,680	$35,980	740
74	Computer Occupations, All Other	$73,940	$39,270	300
75	Database Administrators	$73,850	$44,260	180
76	Information Security Analysts	$73,680	$51,760	240
77	Postsecondary Nursing Instructors and Teachers	$73,160	$49,000	160
78	Operations Research Analysts	$72,450	$55,050	90
79	Fundraising Managers	$72,240	$38,780	40
80	Financial Analysts	$72,070	$51,000	380
81	Atmospheric and Space Scientists	$71,850	$68,190	100
82	Social Scientists and Related Workers	$71,730	$44,720	70
83	Hearing Aid Specialists	$71,480	$36,930	30
84	Registered Nurses	$71,460	$52,070	10,260
85	Sales Engineers	$71,150	$57,010	70
86	Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians	$70,680	$35,660	90
87	Surveyors	$69,470	$37,920	140
88	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$68,360	$35,860	640
89	Computer Systems Analysts	$67,340	$49,910	1,140
90	Geoscientists (Except Hydrologists and Geographers)	$66,710	$42,980	60
91	Postsecondary Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers	$66,510	$47,410	40
92	Postsecondary Art, Drama, and Music Teachers	$66,450	$38,820	180
93	Other Social Workers	$66,210	$36,210	290
94	Postsecondary Psychology Teachers	$66,140	$51,340	50
95	Judicial Law Clerks	$66,050	$44,140	60
96	Postsecondary Philosophy and Religion Teachers	$66,000	$50,420	40
97	Environmental Scientists and Health Specialists	$65,520	$37,280	70
98	General and Operations Managers	$65,470	$30,110	9,020
99	Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$65,350	$46,360	70
100	Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	$64,790	$51,130	120

Table 2. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR – 2021 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	General Dentists	$207,010
2	Postsecondary Biological Science Teachers	$196,270
3	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$170,840
4	General Pediatricians	$169,660
5	Nurse Anesthetists	$154,580
6	Pharmacists	$128,650
7	Commercial Pilots	$128,510
8	Chief Executives	$126,900
9	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$126,470
10	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$123,030

Table 3. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR – 2020 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$205,510
2	All Other Physicians; and Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$203,930
3	General Pediatricians	$188,700
4	Postsecondary Biological Science Teachers	$186,590
5	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$174,040
6	General Dentists	$170,200
7	Optometrists	$143,870
8	Chief Executives	$136,220
9	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$129,680
10	Nurse Anesthetists	$126,520

Table 4. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR – 2019 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$169,980
2	General Dentists	$150,040
3	Nurse Anesthetists	$142,640
4	Chief Executives	$124,580
5	Aerospace Engineers	$122,910
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$119,450
7	Pharmacists	$118,850
8	All Other Physicians; and Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$115,900
9	Sales Managers	$114,280
10	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$112,450

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