How much do Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks make in Fort Smith, AR-OK?

Percentile spread

For Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $33,860 and the 90th percentile is $77,440. The difference is $43,580, which is 96.2% 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 $39,680 to the 75th at $51,390, covers $11,710.

The mean annual wage is $49,580, which sits above the median of $45,300. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Fort Smith, AR-OK median is 22.2% lower than the national median of $58,260 for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,743, which is 9.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.8% lower than the Arkansas median of $46,110.

Fort Smith, AR-OK covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Arkansas, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Fort Smith, AR-OK is 85.888, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,300 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks at $52,743 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks. Fort Smith, AR-OK ranks 8th of 9 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).).

• Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR is 52 miles away, with a median of $46,910 and employment of 250. That median is 3.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,350, against $52,743 here.
• Tulsa, OK is 112 miles away, with a median of $52,710 and employment of 520. That median is 16.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,083, against $52,743 here.
• Joplin, MO-KS is 115 miles away, with a median of $48,510 and employment of 100. That median is 7.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,593, against $52,743 here.

Employment share

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks accounts for 0.10% of wage-and-salary employment in Fort Smith, AR-OK (100 of 95,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (153,140 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.06 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.