Arkansas state government salary

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This page describes the compensation, salaries, and benefits that Arkansas's public employees receive from state and local government.

  • Arkansas Online in association with the Arkansas Democrat Gazette has published an online database of all Arkansas government employees were were paid $200,000 or more in 2007.[1]
  • The Association of Arkansas Counties has compiled a 2008 salary survey of county government employees that shows that salaries of all the major county employees in all 75 counties in the state.[2]


State Government Employee Salaries[3]
Office'07 SalaryCurrent Official
Governor $80,848 Mike Beebe
Lieutenant Governor $39,075 Bill Halter
Secretary of State $50,529 Charlie Daniels
Attorney General $67,373 Dustin McDaniel
Treasurer $50,529 Martha Shoffner


The salary of Arkansas' governor ranks 49th among U.S. governors' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. governors is $128,735. The median salary earned by U.S. governors is $129,962.

Arkansas Judicial Salaries[4]
Position'08 SalaryCurrent Justice
Chief Justice $151,049 Jim Hannah
Associate Justice $139,821 Robert Brown
Associate Justice $139,821 Donald Corbin
Associate Justice $139,821 Annabelle Clinton Imber
Associate Justice $139,821 Jim Gunter
Associate Justice $139,821 Paul Danielson
Associate Justice $139,821 Elana Cunningham Wills


The salary of Arkansas' chief justice ranks 27th among U.S. chief justices' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. chief justices is $154,707. The median salary earned by U.S. chief justices is $151,284.

The salary of Arkansas' associate justices ranks 30th among U.S. associate justices' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. associate justices is $149,687. The median salary earned by U.S. associate justices is $145,983.

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  1. Database of Arkansas government employees paid more than $200,000 in 2007
  2. 2008 salary survey of county employees in Arkansas
  3. ‘‘The Council of State Governments,’’ “The Book of the States: 2008”
  4. The National Center for State Courts, "Judicial Salary Resource Center"