Financial Analyst Salary in Arkansas (2026)

Worth knowing: Walmart corporate finance Bentonville is one of the country's most distinctive concentrated US corporate finance operations HQ'd outside the major coastal metros and a feature most national FA surveys understate for AR. Walmart (Fortune 1, the country's largest US public company by revenue ~$680B + the country's largest US private employer ~2.1M global associates) operates substantial in-house corporate finance + FP&A + treasury + investor relations + tax + capital allocation across the country's most extensive US retail platform. Senior Walmart corporate finance analysts clear $118-185K+ TC with substantial RSU. The substantial Walmart supplier ecosystem in Northwest Arkansas (~1,200+ Walmart supplier offices including P&G + Coca-Cola + Procter & Gamble + Johnson & Johnson + General Mills + Kraft Heinz + Kellogg + Mars + Nestlé + Unilever + Mondelez + PepsiCo + others representing the country's largest concentrated CPG + retail supplier corporate finance ecosystem outside Chicago + NYC metros) supports substantial Walmart-facing supplier-side FP&A + merchandising + supply chain finance work. Tyson Foods Springdale (Fortune 100 ~$53B revenue) operates substantial protein commodity hedging + plant P&L + supply chain finance. JB Hunt Lowell (Fortune 500 trucking) operates substantial freight + intermodal corporate finance. Stephens Inc. Little Rock (one of the country's largest US private investment banks + the substantial AR-HQ middle-market M&A advisory + public finance + asset management + private wealth firm founded 1933) is a distinctive AR finance anchor. Bank OZK (Fortune 1000 ~$28B assets + the country's largest US commercial real estate lender by some measures with substantial concentrated New York City CRE exposure) + Arvest Bank Bentonville (~$25B assets + Walton-family-owned Arkansas bank). AR progressive 2-4.4% top rate phasing to 3.9% by 2026 + AR RTW since 1947 + AR property tax ~0.61% + no state estate tax + lower NW Arkansas + Little Rock cost of living vs major coastal finance metros anchor the AR FA proposition.