Arkansas Sees 4.8% Drop in Lawyers’ Salaries
The annual mean wage for lawyers in Arkansas in May 2019, the latest figures available, was $94,000, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. read more >
The annual mean wage for lawyers in Arkansas in May 2019, the latest figures available, was $94,000, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. read more >
The coronavirus pandemic has devastated the U.S. labor market. The unemployment rate in the United States soared to 14.7% in April, the highest since shortly after World War II. read more >
Employment in the United States is forecast to grow by 8.4 million jobs to 169.4 million jobs during the decade of 2018-28, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Or it was; the report was released months before the coronavirus pandemic caused widespread job losses. read more >
The leisure and hospitality industry in Arkansas employed 123,300 people as of December 2019, compared with 120,500 a year earlier. read more >
The annual mean wage for architects in Arkansas in 2018 was $69,470, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That compares with $88,860 for the United States as a whole. read more >
Accountants and auditors in Arkansas earned an annual average wage of $67,700 as of May 2018, the latest statistics available. read more >
Based on median weekly earnings last year, those with a doctoral or professional degree (physician, lawyer) earned more than $1,200 per week more than those who never completed high school. read more >
Manufacturing employment in Arkansas stood at 163,000 workers in May 2019, far below its peak in the 1990s but higher than the trough experienced in the aftermath of the Great Recession. read more >
The mean annual wage for lawyers in Arkansas in May 2018 was $98,780. read more >
The number of those employed in the construction industry in Arkansas reached 51,900 in March, the latest figures available. read more >
Households in the top fifth of income spent more than five times as much as households in the bottom fifth, $18,190 compared with $3,497. read more >
The unemployment rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan statistical area remains near a historical low, 3.5% in February. read more >
Arkansas needs nurses, but as a severe shortage persists nationwide, there’s no simple call button to push. read more >
Renewable energy and health care top the list of the fastest-growing jobs in the United States in 2016-26, as predicted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. read more >
The annual mean wage for architects and engineers in Arkansas in May 2017 was $69,540, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. read more >
Accountants and auditors in Arkansas earned an annual median wage of $66,260 as of May 2017, the latest statistics available. That compares with an annual median wage of $77,920 nationally. read more >
The mean annual wage for chemists in the United States was $81,870 in May 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In Arkansas, the median was $74,710. (The category excludes biochemists.) read more >
The new name of the University of Arkansas' School of Journalism & Strategic Media presents a potential multimillion-dollar opportunity for the university, which can now put a donor’s name on the school. read more >
The annual mean wage for lawyers in Arkansas in May 2017, the latest figures available, was $99,100, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. read more >
Construction jobs in the United States fell by 15,000 in March, according to an analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics by the Associated Builders & Contractors. read more >
