How much do Protective Service Workers, All Other make in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR?

Percentile spread

For Protective Service Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $31,270 and the 90th percentile is $35,980. The difference is $4,710, which is 15.1% 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 $31,270 to the 75th at $31,270, covers $0.

The mean annual wage is $33,270, which sits above the median of $31,270. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR median is 26.5% lower than the national median of $42,540 for Protective Service Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $34,230, which is 19.5% 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 $31,270.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR is 91.353, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $31,270 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Protective Service Workers, All Other at $34,230 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Protective Service Workers, All Other. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR ranks 3rd of 4 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).).

• Tulsa, OK is 117 miles away, with a median of $39,960 and employment of 30. That median is 27.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,791, against $34,230 here.
• Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is 133 miles away, with a median of $29,840 and employment of 180. That median is 4.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,392, against $34,230 here.
• Kansas City, MO-KS is 196 miles away, with a median of $47,070 and employment of 130. That median is 50.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,863, against $34,230 here.

Employment share

Protective Service Workers, All Other accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR (170 of 275,180). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (81,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.18 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.