How much do Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents make in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR?

Percentile spread

For Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents, the published 10th percentile is $44,610 and the 90th percentile is $101,280. The difference is $56,670, which is 114.9% 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 $46,820 to the 75th at $62,990, covers $16,170.

The mean annual wage is $68,430, which sits above the median of $49,310. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR median is 37.3% lower than the national median of $78,660 for Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents. In 2024 national prices the local median is $53,977, which is 31.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.8% lower than the Arkansas median of $54,660.

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 $49,310 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents at $53,977 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 Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR ranks 9th 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).).

• Fort Smith, AR-OK is 52 miles away, with a median of $45,610 and employment of 210. That median is 7.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,104, against $53,977 here.
• Joplin, MO-KS is 71 miles away, with a median of $69,640 and employment of 120. That median is 41.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,243, against $53,977 here.
• Springfield, MO is 99 miles away, with a median of $83,340 and employment of 350. That median is 69% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $94,079, against $53,977 here.

Employment share

Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents accounts for 0.20% of wage-and-salary employment in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR (540 of 275,180). Nationally the occupation is 0.31% of employment (489,570 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.62 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.