How much do Butchers and Meat Cutters make in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR?

Percentile spread

For Butchers and Meat Cutters, the published 10th percentile is $24,410 and the 90th percentile is $47,160. The difference is $22,750, which is 64.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $29,730 to the 75th at $39,580, covers $9,850.

The mean annual wage is $36,090, which sits above the median of $35,340. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR median is 12% lower than the national median of $40,140 for Butchers and Meat Cutters. In 2024 national prices the local median is $39,546, which is 1.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.8% higher than the Arkansas median of $34,380.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is 89.364, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $35,340 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Butchers and Meat Cutters at $39,546 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Butchers and Meat Cutters. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR ranks 6th of 10 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Hot Springs, AR is 44 miles away, with a median of $34,600 and employment of 40. That median is 2.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,359, against $39,546 here.
• Fort Smith, AR-OK is 125 miles away, with a median of $34,340 and employment of 100. That median is 2.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,982, against $39,546 here.
• Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR is 133 miles away, with a median of $37,360 and employment of 260. That median is 5.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,896, against $39,546 here.

Employment share

Butchers and Meat Cutters accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR (260 of 358,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (136,430 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.83 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.