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==Judicial salaries== | ==Judicial salaries== | ||
Latest revision as of 19:08, 17 February 2026
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$33.3 billion[1] (2024 estimate) |
This page describes the compensation for state government officeholders in Arkansas.
Legislator salaries
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2025[2] | |
|---|---|
| Salary | Per diem |
| $45,244/year | No data available for 2025. |
State executive salaries
- See also: Compensation of state executive officers
| Office and current official | Salary |
|---|---|
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Governor of Arkansas Sarah Huckabee Sanders |
$158,739 |
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Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas Leslie Rutledge |
$46,705 |
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Attorney General of Arkansas Tim Griffin |
$146,355 |
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Arkansas Secretary of State Cole Jester |
$101,323 |
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Arkansas Public Service Commission Katie Anderson |
$150,000 |
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Arkansas Director of Labor Daryl Bassett |
$171,127 |
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Arkansas Executive Director of Natural Resources Commission Chris Colclasure |
$127,575 |
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Arkansas Commissioner of Insurance Jimmy Harris |
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Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands Tommy Land |
$127,575 |
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Arkansas Auditor of State Dennis Milligan |
$95,694 |
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Arkansas Commissioner of Education Jacob Oliva |
$250,000 |
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Arkansas Public Service Commission Justin Tate |
$150,000 |
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Arkansas Treasurer John Thurston |
$95,694 |
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Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward |
$167,096 |
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Arkansas Public Service Commission Doyle Webb |
$150,000 |
Judicial salaries
- See also: Arkansas court salaries and budgets
| State court salary information | |
|---|---|
| Supreme Court salary | Court of Appeals salary |
| Associates: $215,843[3] | Associates: $209,452[4] |
State profile
| Demographic data for Arkansas | ||
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 2,977,853 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 52,035 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 78% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 15.5% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 1.4% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 2.1% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 6.9% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 84.8% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 21.1% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $41,371 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 22.9% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Arkansas. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
- See also: Presidential voting trends in Arkansas
Arkansas voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Pivot Counties (2016)
Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, one is located in Arkansas, accounting for 0.5 percent of the total pivot counties.[5]
Pivot Counties (2020)
In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Arkansas had one Retained Pivot County, 0.55 percent of all Retained Pivot Counties.
More Arkansas coverage on Ballotpedia
- Elections in Arkansas
- United States congressional delegations from Arkansas
- Public policy in Arkansas
- Endorsers in Arkansas
- Arkansas fact checks
- More...
See also
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External links
- 2023 salary table from the Council of State Governments
- 2025 salary table from the National Conference of State Legislatures
- 2025 salary table from the National Center for State Courts
Footnotes
- ↑ National Association of State Budget Officers, "2024 State Expenditure Report," accessed December 18, 2024
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2025 Legislator Compensation," December 2, 2025
- ↑ The salary of the chief justice may be higher than an associate justice.
- ↑ The salary of the chief judge may be higher than an associate judge.
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
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