April Spotlight in Arkansas The Quarterly Census of Employment and (QCEW) is the most comprehensive data collection program utilized by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The program is based on each state’s Unemploy- ment Insurance (UI) program, which enables BLS to produce data using every business that is covered under UI tax law. In addition to calculating covered employment, the program also tracks the wages paid to employees. Due to the comprehensive nature of the information, data can be produced at any level-- national, statewide, counties, and cities. The information below comes from the QCEW program and provides annual average wage data for each county in Arkansas. Annual average wages are calculated using the total wages earned during the calendar year, divided by annual average employment. The wages are compiled using all industries and includes both private and government jobs, for all workers included under UI tax law. It is important to note that QCEW data is based on county of employment, not county of residency. So if an individual works in a different county than where they live, their wages are counted in the county where they work. In 2015, average annual wages ranged from a high of $54,843, for those employed in Benton County, to a low of $24,137 in Newton County. The map below represents the wages of Arkansas workers by county, with wages divided into six different monetary ranges. in Arkansas by County 2015 Annual Average Carroll Marion Baxter Benton Greene Fulton Lawrence Sharp Madison Newton Searcy Craighead Stone Washington Izard Clay Boone Mississippi Scott Y Jackson Crawford Van Buren White Poinsett Johnson Cleburne Franklin Conway Sebastian Woodruff Faulkner Prairie Pope Crittenden Logan St. Francis Pulaski Saline Garland Monroe Polk Lonoke Phillips Lee Arkansas Howard J Clark Lincoln t Wages Dallas Sevier Cleveland S Desha Pike < $25,000 Ashley Chicot - $35,000 Little River Miller Ouachita $35,000 - $40,000 - Lafayette Drew Hempstead $40,000 - $45,000 Columbia Calhoun > $45,000 Nevada Bradley
April Spotlight in Arkansas The Quarterly Census of Employment and (QCEW) is the most comprehensive data collection program utilized by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The program is based on each state’s Unemploy- ment Insurance (UI) program, which enables BLS to produce data using every business that is covered under UI tax law. In addition to calculating covered employment, the program also tracks the wages paid to employees. Due to the comprehensive nature of the information, data can be produced at any level-- national, statewide, counties, and cities. The information below comes from the QCEW program and provides annual average wage data for each county in Arkansas. Annual average wages are calculated using the total wages earned during the calendar year, divided by annual average employment. The wages are compiled using all industries and includes both private and government jobs, for all workers included under UI tax law. It is important to note that QCEW data is based on county of employment, not county of residency. So if an individual works in a different county than where they live, their wages are counted in the county where they work. In 2015, average annual wages ranged from a high of $54,843, for those employed in Benton County, to a low of $24,137 in Newton County. The map below represents the wages of Arkansas workers by county, with wages divided into six different monetary ranges. in Arkansas by County 2015 Annual Average Benton Washington Carroll Madison Boone Newton Marion Searcy Baxter Stone Fulton Izard Sharp Lawrence Clay Greene Craighead Mississippi Crawford Sebastian Scott Franklin Logan Johnson Pope Van Buren Conway Faulkner Cleburne White Prairie Jackson Woodruff Poinsett St. Francis Crittenden Polk Garland Saline Pulaski Lonoke Monroe Lee Phillips Sevier Howard Pike Clark Dallas Lincoln Cleveland Arkansas Desha Wages < $25,000 Little River Hempstead Miller Lafayette Nevada Columbia Ouachita Calhoun Bradley Drew Ashley Chicot - - $35,000 $35,000 - $40,000 $40,000 - $45,000 > $45,000 Y J S t