Physician Salary in Arkansas (2026)

Worth knowing: UAMS University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock is one of the country's most distinctive single-state academic medical center configurations and a feature most national physician compensation surveys understate for AR. UAMS (the only AR academic medical center + the only AR MD-granting institution + the only AR DDS-granting institution + the only AR DPT-granting institution + UAMS Medical Center ~500 beds + UAMS Cancer Institute (Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute NCI-designated as only NCI center in AR) + UAMS Eye Institute + UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute + UAMS Translational Research Institute + UAMS-NWA Fayetteville extension campus + UAMS Northwest Regional Programs + ~10K employees + ~3,500 students + UAMS supplies the only AR-trained physicians + dentists + pharmacists + physical therapists + advanced practice nurses across the substantial AR rural + Delta + Ozarks underserved catchment) operates substantial academic + tertiary physician practice as the only AR source for complex subspecialty + transplant + research + comprehensive cancer care. Arkansas Children's Hospital Little Rock (~390 beds + the only AR pediatric Level 1 trauma + only AR Children's Hospital + AR Children's Northwest Springdale extension campus opened 2018 + the substantial Arkansas Children's Research Institute + ~7K AR Children's employees + the AR Children's serves the only AR pediatric tertiary academic medical center catchment) supports substantial pediatric academic + tertiary care. Baptist Health System Little Rock (~10K employees + the largest AR health system by employee count + Baptist Health Heart Institute + Baptist Health Cancer Center + the substantial post-2024 Baptist Health-Saline Memorial Hospital + Baptist Health-Stuttgart consolidations) + CHI St. Vincent Catholic system + Mercy NW Arkansas Rogers + Washington Regional Fayetteville all support substantial AR community + tertiary care. AR Interstate Medical Licensure Compact participation since 2017 supports AR physician practice across IMLC member states. 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 anchor the AR physician proposition.