Lawyer Salary in Arkansas (2026)
The average Lawyer in Arkansas earns around $165,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $117,700/year ($9,808/month).
Take-Home Pay Breakdown
| Category | Amount |
|---|---|
Annual Take-Home Pay | $117,700 |
Monthly Take-Home Pay | $9,808 |
Biweekly Take-Home Pay | $4,527 |
Hourly Take-Home Pay based on 2,080 hrs/year | $57/hr |
Federal Tax | $28,334 |
State Tax | $6,344 |
FICA Taxes | $12,623 |
Effective Tax Rate total taxes ÷ gross salary | 28.67% |
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Lawyer Salary Ranges in Arkansas
Not all Lawyers earn the same — not even close
Arkansas's legal market is anchored by Walmart Legal Bentonville (the substantial Walmart-internal legal organization with ~500+ attorneys covering antitrust + intellectual property + commercial + supplier disputes + employment + securities + corporate + privacy + state-AG litigation across the country's largest US public company by revenue), Tyson Legal Springdale (Fortune 100 protein producer in-house counsel covering poultry pricing antitrust + food safety + immigration + commercial disputes), JB Hunt Legal Lowell, Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard Little Rock (the largest AR-HQ law firm + the substantial AR commercial + litigation + healthcare practice), Friday Eldredge & Clark Little Rock (~150 attorneys + the second-largest AR-HQ firm), Wright Lindsey & Jennings Little Rock, Williams & Anderson Little Rock, Kutak Rock LR office, Quattlebaum Grooms & Tull Little Rock, plus AR's two ABA-accredited law schools (UA Bowen School of Law Little Rock + UA Leflar School of Law Fayetteville) producing ~280 JDs annually combined.
Senior In-House Counsel (Walmart Legal)
$215,000–$485,000+ TC
Walmart Legal Bentonville · antitrust + IP + commercial + employment + securities · Fortune 1 in-house · RSU
AmLaw Partner (Mitchell Williams / Friday Eldredge)
$385,000–$1,025,000+
Equity partner at largest AR-HQ firms · book of business + tenure · commercial + corporate + healthcare
Senior Tyson / JB Hunt In-House
$185,000–$385,000+
Tyson Legal + JB Hunt Legal · poultry pricing antitrust + transportation + commercial + immigration
Senior BigLaw Associate (AR AmLaw)
$155,000–$265,000+ bonus
Senior AR AmLaw associate · 6+ years · Cravath scale AR premium
Senior Healthcare / Plaintiff Lawyer
$155,000–$345,000+
AR plaintiff bar · pharmaceutical + product liability + AR Tobacco + Walmart-supplier IP litigation
Senior Walmart Supplier Lawyer (BigLaw / NW Arkansas)
$185,000–$385,000+
Walmart supplier-facing M&A + IP + commercial · CPG + DTC supplier representation
Senior UA Bowen / Leflar Law Professor
$135,000–$245,000+ TC
UA Bowen Law tenure-track + UA Leflar Law · academic legal scholarship
Mid-Level Associate (3-6 yrs)
$98,000–$155,000+ bonus
Mid-level AR AmLaw associate · transitioning to senior associate
Junior Associate (0-2 yrs)
$85,000–$132,000+ bonus
AR AmLaw · UA Bowen + UA Leflar + Tulane + LSU + Vanderbilt JD pipeline · entry band
Senior Public Defender / DA
$62,000–$108,000
Pulaski County + Washington County + Sebastian County DA + public defender · AR state government
Worth knowing: Walmart Legal Bentonville is the country's largest US private in-house legal organization outside Wall Street + Silicon Valley and a feature most national legal surveys understate for AR. Walmart Legal (the substantial Walmart-internal legal organization with ~500+ attorneys + paralegals + legal operations staff covering Walmart's complex regulatory + commercial + litigation portfolio across ~2.1M global associates + ~4,600 US Walmart + ~600 US Sam Club stores + the substantial Walmart Marketplace third-party seller platform + Walmart Connect retail media network + Walmart Plus subscription + Walmart Pay + Walmart Health + the substantial state-AG litigation portfolio + opioid settlements + the substantial supplier-disputes + intellectual property + consumer class actions + employment + Title VII + ADA + ERISA + securities + Sarbanes-Oxley + antitrust + foreign corrupt practices + the substantial international operations across Walmart Mexico + Canada + Africa + Latin America + India) operates the country's largest US private corporate legal organization. Senior Walmart in-house counsel clear $215-485K+ TC with substantial . Tyson Legal Springdale operates substantial poultry pricing antitrust litigation (the substantial post-2020 poultry pricing class action settlements ~$2B+ across Tyson + Pilgrim's Pride + Sanderson + others) + food safety + USDA compliance + immigration + commercial work. Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard Little Rock (the largest AR-HQ firm + ~180 attorneys across Little Rock + Rogers + Jonesboro + Texarkana + Memphis + Austin + Mobile offices + the substantial AR commercial + litigation + healthcare + corporate + environmental + administrative law practice) + Friday Eldredge & Clark Little Rock (~150 attorneys + the second-largest AR-HQ firm) + Wright Lindsey & Jennings + Williams & Anderson + Quattlebaum Grooms + Dover Dixon Horne Little Rock support substantial AR commercial + litigation work. AR's two ABA-accredited law schools UA Bowen School of Law Little Rock (founded 1955, public + the only law school in central AR + AR's primary public law school) + UA Leflar School of Law Fayetteville (founded 1924, public + the older + more selective AR law school) collectively produce ~280 JDs annually. AR progressive 2-4.4% top phasing 3.9% by 2026 + AR RTW since 1947 + AR property tax ~0.61% + no state estate tax.
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