SOC 53-3033 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Light Truck Drivers make in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Light Truck Drivers in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is $37,080. The 10th percentile is $27,690 and the 90th percentile is $62,710. Employment is 2,710.

Median annual wage

$37,080

10th percentile
$27,690
25th percentile
$31,570
Median
$37,080
75th percentile
$47,180
90th percentile
$62,710
Mean
$43,150

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Light Truck Drivers, the published 10th percentile is $27,690 and the 90th percentile is $62,710. The difference is $35,020, which is 94.4% 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 $31,570 to the 75th at $47,180, covers $15,610.

The mean annual wage is $43,150, which sits above the median of $37,080. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR median is 17.3% lower than the national median of $44,860 for Light Truck Drivers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $41,493, which is 7.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Arkansas median of $37,080.

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 $37,080 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Light Truck Drivers at $41,493 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Light Truck Drivers. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR ranks 7th of 11 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 $34,860 and employment of 300. That median is 6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,663, against $41,493 here.
  • Jonesboro, AR is 118 miles away, with a median of $36,500 and employment of 520. That median is 1.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,503, against $41,493 here.
  • Fort Smith, AR-OK is 125 miles away, with a median of $35,560 and employment of 680. That median is 4.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,403, against $41,493 here.

Employment share

Light Truck Drivers accounts for 0.76% of wage-and-salary employment in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR (2,710 of 358,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.63% of employment (983,300 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.20 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Light Truck Drivers make in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Light Truck Drivers in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is $37,080. The 10th percentile is $27,690 and the 90th percentile is $62,710. Employment is 2,710.

How does that compare with the national median for Light Truck Drivers?

The local median is 17.3% lower than the national median of $44,860.

What is Light Truck Drivers pay in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is 89.364, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $37,080 is $41,493. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR compare with nearby metros for Light Truck Drivers?

Hot Springs, AR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 44 miles away, at $34,860. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR ranks 7th of 11 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.