Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop in Arkansas earn a median of $26,760 a year (14% below the U.S. median of $31,200), based on about 3,110 jobs. Pay for the same job differs a lot by employer, experience, industry and city within Arkansas. These are wages of employees in the occupation, not a forecast for any individual.
Median annual pay
$26,760
14% below the U.S. median of $31,200
Average annual pay
$27,560
Mean wage
Pay range
$23,460–$33,560
10th to 90th percentile
Jobs in the state
3,110
Employees, May 2025
Median hourly pay
$12.87
Before taxes
The state's price level is 86.9 (U.S. average = 100), so a median of $26,760 here equals roughly $30,794 after adjusting for the state's price level.
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, state estimates (employees only; self-employed workers are not included); price-level adjustment uses the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities (where 100 is the U.S. average; MajorPays' calculation). Wages are for an occupation in a state as a whole and vary widely by employer, experience, industry and place within the state. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; neither agency has approved or endorsed this presentation. See Data sources for each dataset's terms.