Arkansas Valley Alliance For Economic Development

County Labor Force Statistics
Potential Labor Supply
Russellville Labor Market Area
Statewide Fringe Benefits

Several “Fortune 500” companies have facilities in Russellville, including Firestone, Dow Chemical, International Paper, and Tyson Foods.

The diversification of these industries provides Russellville’s greatest asset – a quality labor force built around a strong nucleus of skilled laborers, technicians, and administrative personnel.

A state supported Industry Training Program, the Russellville Industry Council, and numerous local education providers will ensure your company a continuously trained and productive workforce at the lowest possible costs in the mid-south.

County Labor Force Statistics

Pope County

Pope 2008	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	2007 July
Labor Force	30,575						30,075
Employment	29,125						28,325
Unemployment	1,450						1,750
Unemployment Rate	4.8						5.9
Pope 2008	Jan	Feb	Mar	April	May	June	2007 June
Labor Force	29,875	30,150	30,675	30,875	31,175	30,775	30,225
Employment	28,250	28,675	29,400	29,725	29,775	29,175	28,650
Unemployment	1,625	1,475	1,275	1,150	1,400	1,600	1,575
Unemployment Rating	5.5	4.9	4.1	3.7	4.5	5.2	5.2

*Source-Arkansas Workforce Labor Market Information.

City of Russellville, Arkansas

Economic Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
In labor force (population 16 years and over)	11,700	62.4	63.9%
Mean travel time to work in minutes (workers 16 years and over)	15.4	(X)	25.5
Median household income in 1999 (dollars)	30,772	(X)	41,994
Median family income in 1999 (dollars)	40,242	(X)	50,046
Per capita income in 1999 (dollars)	16,315	(X)	21,587
Families below poverty level	657	10.9	9.2%
Individuals below poverty level	3,455	15.6	12.4%

*Source- 2000 U. S. Census Bureau Data

City of Russellville, Arkansas
Employed civilian population16 years and over	10,805	100.0
OCCUPATION	Number	Percent
Management, professional, and related occupations	3,387	31.3
Service occupations	1,658	15.3
Sales and office occupations	2,822	26.1
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	57	0.5
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	769	7.1
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	2,112	19.5

INDUSTRY	Number	Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	107	1.0
Construction	544	5.0
Manufacturing	1,769	16.4
Wholesale trade	323	3.0
Retail trade	1,617	15.0
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	904	8.4
Information	161	1.5
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	468	4.3
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	511	4.7
Educational, health and social services	2,520	23.3
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	965	8.9
Other services (except public administration)	536	5.0
Public administration	380	3.5

CLASS OF WORKER	Number	Percent
Private wage and salary workers	8,462	78.3
Government workers	1,764	16.3
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	550	5.1
Unpaid family workers	29	0.3

INCOME IN 1999	Number	Percent
Households	9,282	100.0
Less than $10,000	1,232	13.3
$10,000 to $14,999	758	8.2
$15,000 to $24,999	1,714	18.5
$25,000 to $34,999	1,479	15.9
$35,000 to $49,999	1,404	15.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,567	16.9
$75,000 to $99,999	568	6.1
$100,000 to $149,999	403	4.3
$150,000 to $199,999	81	0.9
$200,000 or more	76	0.8
Median household income (dollars)	30,772	(X)

*Source- 2000 U. S. Census Bureau Data

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Potential Labor Supply

The Russellville recruiting area covers a 30 – mile radius and includes Conway, Johnson, Logan, Perry, Pope, and Yell counties. According to the 2000 census there are 85,252 persons residing within the recruiting area.

Russellville Labor Market Area

2007	Entry	Experienced	Median
Occupation	Wage	Wage	Wage

Accountants and Auditors	$13.75	$26.03	$19.97
Administrative Services Managers	$16.74	$31.40	$23.38
Adult Literacy, Remedial Education, and GED Teacher	$13.98	$23.29	$18.42
Advertising Sales Agents	$9.62	$18.56	$13.66
Advertising, Marketing, Promotions, Public Relations	$20.34	$45.09	$30.09
Agricultural Workers	$8.39	$16.83	$12.12
Air Transportation Workers	$12.03	$27.44	$22.25
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	$12.09	$17.89	$15.78
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	$7.90	$8.90	$8.66
Animal Care and Service Workers	$6.92	$8.94	$7.55
Animal Control Workers	$8.64	$13.19	$11.27
Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate	$10.20	$23.11	$18.23
Architects, Surveyors, and Cartographers	$10.66	$22.95	$16.05
Architectural and Civil Drafters	$12.54	$19.39	$15.72
Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$13.95	$33.44	$25.59
Art and Design Workers	$8.23	$14.45	$11.43
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	$8.06	$17.92	$12.99
Assemblers and Fabricators	$9.26	$13.44	$12.38
Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other	$7.94	$11.00	$9.54
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$11.88	$17.24	$15.56
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$9.01	$15.55	$12.15
Baggage Porters and Bellhops	$6.97	$8.45	$7.42
Bailiffs	$7.10	$10.43	$9.14
Bakers	$7.72	$9.35	$8.63
Bartenders	$6.96	$8.17	$7.35
Bill and Account Collectors	$10.30	$14.49	$12.35
Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators	$9.85	$14.26	$12.45
Biological Scientists, All Other	$24.16	$33.63	$29.49
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$8.85	$14.40	$11.86
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$13.00	$19.76	$17.36
Budget Analysts	$13.61	$26.64	$23.23
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations	$7.01	$10.57	$8.45
Building Cleaning and Pest Control Workers	$6.93	$9.95	$7.96
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	$10.49	$15.54	$13.87
Bus Drivers, School	$6.94	$9.98	$7.72
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	$8.25	$10.72	$10.00
Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$12.60	$26.42	$19.61
Business Operations Specialists	$13.09	$26.65	$19.66
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$15.37	$27.22	$20.10
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$8.35	$11.95	$9.96
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$8.26	$12.87	$10.32
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	$11.32	$26.92	$23.05
Cargo and Freight Agents	$14.19	$18.43	$16.98
Carpenters	$11.65	$19.49	$14.21
Cashiers	$6.89	$8.22	$7.34
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$10.43	$13.99	$12.99
Chefs and Head Cooks	$9.04	$18.77	$14.85
Chemical Technicians	$10.82	$13.00	$11.48
Chemists	$24.52	$35.37	$30.69
Chief Executives	$20.10	$63.19	$45.23
Child Care Workers	$6.92	$7.75	$7.31
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$11.91	$17.09	$14.95
Chiropractors	$34.79	$43.45	$35.78
Civil Engineering Technicians	$12.54	$32.24	$32.10
Civil Engineers	$16.78	$30.34	$26.09
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	$17.23	$30.44	$26.83
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	$7.20	$10.48	$9.81
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators	$8.05	$9.21	$8.62
Clergy	$13.07	$15.62	$14.70
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	$15.88	$28.74	$24.08
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Occupations	$10.03	$14.88	$12.15
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and	$11.83	$15.18	$13.77
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Inc	$6.90	$7.16	$6.98
Communications Equipment Operators	$7.32	$10.27	$8.65
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Others	$9.41	$14.67	$12.16
Community and Social Services Occupations	$9.66	$17.43	$13.22
Compensation and Benefits Managers	$18.90	$40.20	$30.45
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	$12.57	$18.86	$16.87
Compliance Officers, Except Agriculture, Construct	$15.67	$27.93	$23.64
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$24.11	$37.30	$30.67
Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$11.99	$29.42	$21.25
Computer Operators	$9.53	$13.46	$11.64
Computer Programmers	$12.72	$35.18	$23.99
Computer Software Engineers, Applications	$17.44	$30.57	$24.36
Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software	$25.58	$38.10	$33.55
Computer Specialists	$11.94	$29.37	$21.19
Computer Specialists, All Other	$10.83	$24.32	$13.56
Computer Support Specialists	$10.30	$28.81	$18.46
Computer Systems Analysts	$18.54	$29.24	$25.61
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Rep	$8.85	$15.77	$12.99
Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal	$12.28	$15.70	$14.60
Construction and Building Inspectors	$12.85	$19.85	$17.30
Construction and Extraction Occupations	$9.78	$17.46	$13.47
Construction and Related Workers, All Other	$8.79	$13.30	$11.25
Construction Laborers	$8.79	$14.38	$11.31
Construction Managers	$23.61	$33.21	$27.82
Construction Trades Workers	$10.01	$16.98	$13.37
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	$10.37	$13.86	$11.98
Cooks and Food Preparation Workers	$6.93	$8.48	$7.45
Cooks, Fast Food	$6.92	$7.45	$7.06
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	$6.94	$8.96	$7.68
Cooks, Restaurant	$7.15	$9.24	$8.17
Cooks, Short Order	$7.06	$8.90	$8.09
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tende	$9.80	$11.07	$10.66
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$9.91	$13.27	$12.08
Cost Estimators	$12.04	$19.32	$15.42
Counselors, Social Workers, and Other Community an	$9.76	$17.49	$13.24
Counter and Rental Clerks	$6.99	$10.65	$8.28
Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, an	$6.95	$8.06	$7.47
Couriers and Messengers	$7.89	$9.44	$8.54
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$8.24	$12.52	$10.78
Crane and Tower Operators	$10.20	$17.28	$11.15
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters,	$9.57	$15.13	$12.70
Customer Service Representatives	$7.89	$13.07	$10.71
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators	$9.16	$12.52	$10.95
Data Entry Keyers	$9.25	$12.09	$11.00
Database Administrators	$15.30	$27.80	$21.42
Dental Assistants	$9.75	$14.14	$12.40
Dental Hygienists	$18.12	$29.54	$26.52
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$14.24	$22.80	$19.64
Dentists, General	$39.78	$72.83	$45.53
Desktop Publishers	$9.59	$13.60	$10.77
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$12.96	$19.61	$15.24
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$15.25	$25.77	$22.36
Dietetic Technicians	$7.17	$9.49	$8.42
Dietitians and Nutritionists	$13.49	$24.17	$19.02
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender	$6.97	$7.74	$7.26
Dishwashers	$6.96	$7.66	$7.24
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$9.48	$25.18	$15.44
Drafters, Engineering, and Mapping Technicians	$11.49	$24.41	$18.96
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operator	$9.90	$11.80	$10.79
Driver/Sales Workers	$9.42	$18.70	$14.90
Editors	$10.29	$26.68	$19.90
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$20.31	$41.13	$33.23
Education Administrators, Preschool and Child Care	$14.38	$19.84	$16.88
Education, Training, and Library Occupations	$10.34	$21.62	$18.18
Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors	$15.43	$25.24	$22.76
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers	$6.85	$11.52	$7.34
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians	$16.03	$27.13	$24.48
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers	$10.60	$14.61	$12.86
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Mechanics, Ins	$9.52	$17.42	$13.77
Electrical and Electronics Drafters	$11.31	$17.61	$14.66
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial a	$20.04	$31.98	$31.27
Electrical Engineers	$14.04	$29.21	$22.81
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$16.48	$23.24	$20.02
Electricians	$12.56	$22.37	$17.54
Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers	$8.07	$11.74	$9.80
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$10.52	$17.88	$15.08
Embalmers	$13.16	$23.68	$20.97
Emergency Management Specialists	$12.46	$33.27	$21.92
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	$9.59	$14.07	$12.26
Employment, Recruitment, and Placement Specialists	$11.30	$16.99	$14.01
Engineering Managers	$36.07	$47.62	$44.01
Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	$18.94	$25.89	$23.52
Engineers	$20.12	$40.21	$32.52
Engineers, All Other	$13.51	$31.60	$24.51
Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers	$13.96	$23.51	$19.98
Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers	$7.39	$10.22	$8.80
Environmental Engineers	$22.57	$30.99	$25.03
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians,	$8.43	$13.93	$12.77
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including	$15.01	$25.48	$21.19
Etchers and Engravers	$8.55	$10.85	$10.27
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator	$12.02	$14.72	$13.78
Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistant	$11.46	$16.81	$14.71
Extraction Workers	$10.55	$17.97	$15.64
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators,	$10.89	$15.09	$13.61
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine	$8.95	$16.60	$14.57
Fallers	$9.36	$13.84	$12.05
Family and General Practitioners	N/A	N/A	N/A
Farm Equipment Mechanics	$9.53	$15.31	$13.23
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	$8.73	$16.80	$13.47
Farmworkers, Farm and Ranch Animals	$8.04	$15.82	$11.21
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	$10.76	$12.16	$11.31
File Clerks	$7.32	$9.89	$8.69
Financial Analysts	$18.87	$28.90	$23.25
Financial Clerks	$8.65	$13.81	$11.48
Financial Managers	$18.13	$39.18	$28.50
Financial Specialists	$12.14	$26.04	$19.54
Financial Specialists, All Other	$10.56	$18.34	$14.32
Fire Fighters	$8.31	$15.90	$12.53
Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	$8.53	$15.88	$12.61
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Construction Tr	$13.95	$25.97	$18.80
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Farming, Fishing	$14.16	$21.62	$18.08
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Fire Fighting a	$21.38	$27.91	$26.11
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Food Preparation	$8.44	$13.76	$11.02
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Helpers, Laborer	$12.99	$20.30	$16.89
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Housekeeping an	$9.22	$14.39	$11.46
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Landscaping, La	$12.69	$20.79	$16.81
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Mechanics, Inst	$14.71	$27.57	$21.23
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Non-Retail Sale	$15.24	$32.45	$24.06
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Office and Administration	$11.09	$20.82	$16.24
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Personal Service	$9.25	$13.63	$11.27
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Police and Detectives	$14.06	$23.28	$18.77
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and	$12.14	$24.48	$18.71
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Retail Sales Workers	$9.47	$18.40	$13.12
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Transportation	$14.18	$23.71	$20.25
First-Line Supervisors/Managers, Protective Services	$15.24	$26.77	$21.27
First-Line Supervisors/Managers, Protective Services	$15.70	$31.03	$22.36
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	$7.41	$15.03	$10.55
Floral Designers	$7.55	$10.93	$8.86
Food and Beverage Serving Workers	$6.92	$7.52	$7.07
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	$8.28	$12.01	$10.93
Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	$6.93	$8.54	$7.28
Food Preparation Workers	$6.92	$8.63	$7.62
Food Processing Workers	$8.08	$11.21	$9.43
Food Servers, Non restaurant	$7.03	$7.89	$7.29
Food Service Managers	$11.74	$20.93	$16.57
Forest and Conservation Technicians	$13.24	$20.45	$17.83
Forest, Conservation, and Logging Workers	$8.70	$15.15	$13.24
Foresters	$18.44	$28.03	$25.64
Funeral Directors	$13.24	$26.20	$14.09
Funeral Service Workers	$8.44	$19.17	$14.74
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators a	$9.89	$12.90	$12.10
General and Operations Managers	$21.79	$47.25	$33.53
Glaziers	$11.91	$13.49	$13.25
Graphic Designers	$10.37	$16.48	$13.16
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	$9.72	$11.31	$10.75
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine	$9.65	$15.47	$13.51
Grounds Maintenance Workers	$7.65	$10.36	$9.27
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	$7.10	$11.84	$8.84
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety	$21.91	$34.05	$29.13
Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners	$18.23	$40.25	$25.01
Health Technologists and Technicians	$10.82	$18.45	$14.90
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$9.01	$13.58	$11.47
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$12.85	$31.17	$19.93
Healthcare Support Occupations	$7.83	$11.10	$9.20
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	$7.11	$11.13	$8.70
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanic	$11.61	$16.59	$14.77
Helpers, Construction Trades	$7.99	$10.82	$9.61
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other	$7.57	$9.91	$8.91
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, an	$9.73	$11.20	$10.68
Helpers--Electricians	$8.32	$11.50	$9.04
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Worker	$7.53	$11.68	$9.61
Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and S	$8.53	$10.07	$9.07
Helpers--Production Workers	$8.17	$12.79	$10.51
Highway Maintenance Workers	$9.71	$13.73	$11.63
Home Appliance Repairers	$8.64	$9.93	$8.94
Home Health Aides	$7.48	$9.38	$8.64
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee	$6.94	$7.67	$7.15
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	$6.94	$8.13	$7.54
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Tim	$10.36	$16.05	$13.59
Human Resources Managers, All Other	$21.89	$41.50	$36.56
Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Specialist	$11.34	$23.25	$17.74
Industrial Engineering Technicians	$10.12	$17.29	$14.12
Industrial Engineers	$19.22	$31.10	$26.61
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	$14.17	$23.33	$18.52
Industrial Production Managers	$21.00	$38.79	$32.67
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$9.58	$13.57	$11.99
Information and Record Clerks	$7.68	$12.04	$9.76
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$8.25	$16.42	$12.42
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weigher	$9.15	$15.25	$12.09
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$9.78	$18.71	$14.54
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All	$9.18	$18.55	$15.38
Instructional Coordinators	$16.78	$27.85	$22.57
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	$8.50	$11.24	$9.23
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$9.99	$11.71	$11.20
Insurance Sales Agents	$9.09	$26.04	$13.87
Interior Designers	$9.17	$14.27	$12.55
Interpreters and Translators	$6.81	$11.19	$7.97
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$7.93	$12.18	$10.07
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping	$7.06	$10.57	$8.47
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers	$11.65	$15.66	$14.55
Job Printers	$8.33	$12.49	$9.39
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$11.23	$24.67	$16.07
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers,	$7.64	$10.79	$9.02
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$7.65	$10.27	$9.26
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators,	$11.20	$14.68	$13.72
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	$6.81	$8.14	$7.10
Law Clerks	$6.90	$11.00	$7.37
Law Enforcement Workers	$10.08	$15.95	$13.35
Lawyers	$20.12	$41.12	$27.14
Lawyers, Judges, and Related Workers	$17.97	$39.07	$26.39
Legal Occupations	$10.04	$27.46	$15.89
Legal Secretaries	$9.89	$11.96	$11.30
Legal Support Workers	$8.94	$14.67	$12.18
Legislators	$6.91	$21.65	$7.72
Librarians	$19.83	$23.18	$22.21
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	$8.93	$21.72	$19.84
Library Assistants, Clerical	$7.00	$8.75	$7.43
Library Technicians	$6.98	$12.60	$9.79
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	$12.71	$16.76	$14.88
Life Scientists	$19.49	$30.68	$26.84
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$14.63	$28.59	$23.45
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians	$12.03	$24.51	$18.40
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$10.04	$14.50	$12.89
Loan Officers	$17.61	$34.86	$27.63
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendant	$7.07	$10.43	$8.92
Lodging Managers	$13.89	$20.06	$15.21
Log Graders and Scalers	$11.83	$14.96	$13.39
Logging Equipment Operators	$9.86	$16.48	$15.00
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$8.97	$13.17	$11.59
Machinists	$9.98	$15.77	$13.49
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$6.90	$7.91	$7.21
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Pos	$8.69	$11.80	$9.76
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$8.60	$15.40	$12.42
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$8.90	$15.57	$12.65
Management Analysts	$10.86	$21.27	$12.22
Management Occupations	$17.24	$39.93	$28.96
Managers, All Other	$16.71	$31.24	$23.81
Market Research Analysts	$17.23	$22.63	$19.25
Marketing Managers	$24.18	$50.75	$39.83
Massage Therapists	$8.66	$23.59	$20.34
Material Moving Workers	$7.81	$12.52	$10.44
Material Recording, Scheduling, Dispatching, and D	$7.47	$15.45	$11.10
Mathematical Scientists	$13.66	$31.12	$23.71
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$8.02	$10.98	$9.28
Mechanical Drafters	$12.63	$27.33	$17.71
Mechanical Engineers	$20.97	$32.95	$27.55
Media and Communication Equipment Workers	$7.45	$15.80	$10.64
Media and Communication Workers	$7.52	$16.74	$12.32
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians	$11.78	$19.39	$16.49
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	$16.53	$25.13	$21.67
Medical and Health Services Managers	$21.97	$39.87	$32.18
Medical and Public Health Social Workers	$12.78	$23.50	$19.88
Medical Assistants	$9.37	$12.24	$11.25
Medical Equipment Repairers	$11.23	$20.79	$17.37
Medical Records and Health Information Technicians	$9.92	$16.70	$14.34
Medical Secretaries	$8.80	$21.70	$10.65
Medical Transcriptionists	$10.41	$13.87	$12.48
Meeting and Convention Planners	$12.96	$16.37	$13.62
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	$8.03	$13.44	$10.66
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers	$10.10	$15.41	$13.19
Meter Readers, Utilities	$7.68	$11.63	$9.26
Millwrights	$13.32	$18.19	$16.50
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, an	$10.50	$14.05	$12.69
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	$12.57	$16.17	$14.82
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters,	$9.98	$15.07	$13.07
Motor Vehicle Operators	$8.35	$16.67	$12.54
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	$7.04	$10.87	$8.13
Motorboat Mechanics	$11.80	$18.46	$14.00
Motorcycle Mechanics	$13.78	$17.43	$14.98
Natural Sciences Managers	$28.39	$40.81	$37.04
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$15.24	$23.72	$19.90
Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts	$17.06	$29.68	$26.91
New Accounts Clerks	$9.57	$12.73	$11.28
Nonfarm Animal Caretakers	$6.92	$8.94	$7.55
Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$24.80	$32.34	$30.27
Numerical Tool and Process Control Programmers	$12.65	$16.02	$13.65
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants	$7.74	$9.60	$8.84
Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides	$7.69	$9.56	$8.80
Occupational and Physical Therapist Assistants and	$7.45	$17.05	$11.01
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$19.38	$30.92	$25.79
Occupational Therapist Assistants	$13.38	$22.01	$18.75
Occupational Therapists	$17.88	$33.06	$27.03
Office and Administrative Support Occupations	$7.78	$14.03	$10.72
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Others	$12.47	$17.13	$15.23
Office Clerks, General	$7.08	$10.47	$8.75
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment	$10.65	$14.11	$12.61
Operations Research Analysts	$13.66	$31.12	$23.71
Operations Specialties Managers	$18.47	$37.07	$28.41
Opticians, Dispensing	$8.58	$13.08	$10.06
Optometrists	$27.79	$44.52	$29.49
Order Clerks	$7.57	$11.75	$9.67
Other Construction and Related Workers	$9.97	$16.20	$14.35
Other Education, Training, and Library Occupations	$6.93	$10.33	$7.66
Other Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers	$6.96	$7.73	$7.23
Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupation	$11.26	$22.55	$17.02
Other Healthcare Support Occupations	$8.41	$13.89	$11.10
Other Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupation	$9.73	$18.50	$14.48
Other Management Occupations	$15.65	$33.49	$26.73
Other Office and Administrative Support Workers	$7.26	$10.83	$9.04
Other Personal Care and Service Workers	$6.92	$9.02	$7.52
Other Production Occupations	$8.76	$13.87	$11.13
Other Protective Service Workers	$6.84	$11.18	$8.30
Other Sales and Related Workers	$7.76	$14.51	$10.18
Other Teachers and Instructors	$11.04	$21.26	$17.96
Other Transportation Workers	$7.42	$12.32	$9.00
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tender	$9.50	$11.89	$10.49
Packers and Packagers, Hand	$7.81	$13.99	$12.71
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$11.60	$15.79	$13.95
Painters, Transportation Equipment	$11.29	$14.14	$13.43
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tender	$12.60	$19.92	$16.10
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$10.59	$16.89	$13.50
Parts Salespersons	$7.68	$13.58	$10.27
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$9.43	$13.14	$11.20
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$8.74	$14.65	$12.32
Personal and Home Care Aides	$6.92	$8.29	$7.52
Personal Appearance Workers	$7.03	$11.67	$8.67
Personal Care and Service Occupations	$6.94	$9.65	$7.74
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	$7.05	$17.76	$13.63
Personal Financial Advisors	$11.58	$20.64	$16.24
Pest Control Workers	$9.60	$14.72	$11.82
Pharmacists	$32.92	$49.07	$44.33
Pharmacy Aides	$7.33	$9.07	$8.13
Pharmacy Technicians	$8.30	$13.07	$10.79
Photographers	$7.36	$13.55	$8.49
Physical Scientists	$17.05	$31.41	$26.66
Physical Therapist Aides	$7.41	$9.20	$8.54
Physical Therapist Assistants	$7.62	$20.32	$18.14
Physical Therapists	$22.88	$33.01	$28.73
Pipelayers	$9.40	$16.48	$14.24
Plant and System Operators	$12.18	$27.04	$20.66
Plant and System Operators, All Other	$12.29	$21.88	$20.20
Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, an	$10.20	$10.41	$10.43
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$8.60	$16.59	$12.15
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$10.69	$17.33	$14.40
Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers	$9.15	$12.66	$11.31
Postal Service Clerks	$19.44	$21.66	$21.36
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$16.60	$23.04	$20.52
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Proce	$9.89	$18.84	$15.78
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	$18.68	$29.32	$26.13
Postsecondary Teachers	$14.01	$26.66	$21.34
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$9.52	$12.58	$11.28
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	$7.55	$11.88	$9.40
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	$6.80	$7.74	$7.08
Primary, Secondary, and Special Education School T	$14.50	$21.03	$18.83
Printing Machine Operators	$7.47	$10.89	$8.07
Printing Workers	$7.96	$11.62	$9.44
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Spec	$11.83	$14.84	$13.78
Procurement Clerks	$10.01	$13.97	$11.34
Production Occupations	$8.47	$14.57	$11.35
Production Workers, All Other	$9.11	$13.13	$10.66
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$11.35	$22.47	$17.67
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association M	$9.41	$20.58	$13.94
Protective Service Occupations	$7.84	$15.45	$11.75
Public Relations Managers	$16.24	$29.75	$23.18
Public Relations Specialists	$12.00	$20.56	$15.72
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and F	$14.36	$26.39	$20.67
Purchasing Managers	$25.28	$39.61	$33.55
Radio and Television Announcers	$7.03	$10.90	$7.76
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	$15.84	$22.68	$20.32
Real Estate Sales Agents	$14.48	$19.37	$17.44
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$7.75	$10.59	$9.28
Recreation Workers	$7.36	$10.46	$8.71
Recreational Therapists	$10.96	$19.19	$17.72
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$8.15	$10.48	$9.58
Registered Nurses	$17.17	$26.85	$22.52
Rehabilitation Counselors	$12.09	$18.17	$15.46
Religious Workers	$6.85	$14.42	$12.17
Reporters and Correspondents	$8.75	$13.17	$10.96
Residential Advisors	$9.85	$13.46	$12.72
Respiratory Therapists	$16.95	$24.54	$21.68
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	$16.40	$19.09	$18.17
Retail Sales Workers	$6.89	$10.34	$7.73
Retail Salespersons	$6.91	$12.03	$8.47
Rock Splitters, Quarry	$9.51	$13.16	$11.23
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, M	$11.94	$14.38	$12.83
Sales and Related Occupations	$6.94	$14.26	$8.88
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	$9.67	$12.06	$10.78
Sales Managers	$21.98	$48.39	$33.74
Sales Representatives, Services	$9.19	$24.72	$13.88
Sales Representatives, Services, All Other	$8.70	$15.54	$11.90
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing	$13.65	$29.49	$20.88
Sales Reps, Wholesale & Mfg, Except Technical	$13.52	$29.21	$20.70
Sales Reps, Wholesale & Mfg, Technical	$16.80	$35.04	$28.99
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Worker	$9.22	$12.74	$11.23
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$8.80	$14.99	$11.28
Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$8.20	$12.21	$10.48
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sa	$14.55	$42.46	$24.00
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$11.38	$15.41	$13.24
Security Guards	$6.84	$9.47	$7.84
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers	$12.23	$18.98	$16.22
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	$12.50	$14.18	$13.18
Service Station Attendants	$7.74	$11.25	$8.80
Sewing Machine Operators	$7.44	$9.36	$8.94
Sheet Metal Workers	$10.22	$14.41	$12.49
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	$8.76	$13.07	$11.46
Social and Community Service Managers	$13.67	$25.86	$20.03
Social and Human Service Assistants	$8.21	$14.34	$11.24
Social Scientists and Related Workers	$16.19	$28.19	$22.57
Speech-Language Pathologists	$18.38	$26.23	$22.87
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	$12.31	$19.20	$14.86
Statistical Assistants	$8.59	$10.55	$8.92
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers	$6.94	$10.80	$8.40
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$9.80	$15.43	$13.35
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors	$10.63	$12.87	$11.45
Supervisors of Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$14.71	$27.57	$21.23
Supervisors, Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$9.78	$17.35	$13.40
Supervisors, Construction and Extraction Workers	$13.95	$25.97	$18.80
Supervisors, Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker	$14.16	$21.62	$18.08
Supervisors, Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$8.46	$13.96	$11.08
Supervisors, Office and Administrative Support Workers	$11.09	$20.82	$16.24
Supervisors, Personal Care and Service Workers	$9.25	$13.63	$11.27
Supervisors, Production Workers	$12.14	$24.48	$18.71
Supervisors, Sales Workers	$9.55	$19.92	$13.62
Supervisors, Transportation and Material Moving Workers	$13.26	$22.20	$18.44
Surgical Technologists	$11.07	$17.56	$14.53
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$7.50	$14.33	$11.11
Surveyors	$9.76	$19.98	$14.05
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	$7.32	$10.27	$8.65
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	$9.53	$19.66	$14.26
Tax Preparers	$10.79	$16.72	$15.35
Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs	$7.30	$8.85	$8.39
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	$10.01	$21.42	$18.51
Team Assemblers	$9.38	$13.51	$12.69
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repair	$12.79	$17.12	$14.44
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$11.05	$20.78	$16.45
Telemarketers	$7.72	$13.13	$9.46
Tellers	$7.93	$10.62	$9.55
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers	$6.88	$9.51	$8.07
Tire Builders	$8.96	$15.90	$13.56
Tire Repairers and Changers	$6.94	$10.27	$8.69
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$9.75	$13.41	$11.36
Tool and Die Makers	$12.73	$18.88	$17.15
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners	$12.09	$17.26	$15.82
Top Executives	$18.99	$48.92	$33.70
Tour Guides and Escorts	$7.79	$11.77	$9.29
Training and Development Specialists	$12.24	$31.05	$20.73
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$7.95	$14.87	$11.34
Transportation Workers, All Other	$7.55	$12.07	$10.74
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$21.18	$38.77	$29.73
Transportation, Tourism, and Lodging Attendants	$7.03	$10.41	$8.33
Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer	$10.44	$18.90	$15.32
Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services	$7.57	$12.57	$9.96
Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Mechanics, Installers	$9.28	$16.01	$13.46
Veterinarians	$14.62	$37.05	$29.95
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Careta	$7.12	$9.65	$8.44
Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$10.79	$17.73	$15.58
Waiters and Waitresses	$6.95	$7.74	$7.13
Water and Liquid Waste Treatment Plant and System	$11.12	$21.16	$14.92
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Reco	$10.31	$14.30	$12.73
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$10.08	$14.98	$12.46
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, O	$10.42	$13.83	$12.32
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products	$11.12	$25.83	$19.84
Woodworkers	$8.69	$13.16	$11.01
Woodworkers, All Other	$7.88	$13.23	$9.57
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tender	$9.60	$13.88	$11.41
Word Processors and Typists	$9.86	$15.14	$13.24

*Source-Arkansas Workforce Labor Market Information.

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Statewide Fringe Benefits

In 2000 Entergy Corporation, Arkansas largest public utility, developed a Fringe Benefit Survey that could be administered and utilized by communities.

In the survey fringe benefits were explained as optional incentives, payments, or contributions for employees. Respondents were instructed to disregard required payments and contributions such as workers’ compensation insurance, unemployment contributions, and overtime pay.

The fringe benefits component of the questionnaire was designed to obtain data regarding the availability of various fringe benefits offered by employers (i.e., insurance, paid holidays, paid vacation, etc.). The questionnaire was not designed to consider the distribution of the costs of benefits between the employee and employer or any dollar limits or time restraints on coverage.

Percentage of Respondents Offering Benefits for

Full-time employees	84.6
Part-time employees	9.1

Percentage of Respondents Offering Optional Insurance Coverage for

Dental Care	47.7
Dependent Care	47.5
Group Life Coverage	75.5
Hospitalization	78.8
Long Term Disability	43.5
Major Medical	77.9
Maternity Care	65.3
Temporary Disability	49.7
Vision Care	22.8
Other Insurance Coverage	6.4

Percentage of Respondents Offering Overtime Pay for

Saturdays or Sundays not on normal shift schedule	70.2
Holidays not on normal shift schedule	62.0

Percentage of Respondents Offering Overtime Pay at

1.5 times regular hourly pay	94.0
2.0 times regular hourly pay	6.2

Distribution of Respondents Offering Annual Paid Holidays

Percentage of respondents offering 1 to 5 days	22.0
Percentage of respondents offering 6 – 10 days	69.3
Percentage of respondents offering 11 – 15 days	8.5
Percentage of respondents offering greater than 15 days	0.2

Percentage of Respondents Offering Annual Paid Vacation

Total Fringe Benefits Costs:

As a percentage of total employee costs:

Percentage estimated at 0% to 10%	24.5
Percentage estimated at 11% to 15%	11.0
Percentage estimated at 16% to 20%	17.5
Percentage estimated at 21% to 25%	8.3
Percentage estimated at 26% to 30%	15.0
Percentage estimated at 31% to 35%	9.0
Percentage estimated at 36% to 45%	12.0
Percentage estimated at 46% and over	2.7

Note: Total employee costs include base hourly wages, required benefits, and optional benefits.

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