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Manufacturers in Arkansas

187 companies in Arkansas are listed in the Noramark directory, most often for CNC machining, welding and fabrication and finishing and heat treating. Browse by process below, or page through the full list.

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Manufacturing in Arkansas

Federal statistics for private manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), 2024 annual averages, next to what the Noramark directory lists. Arkansas has 1.52x the national share of jobs in manufacturing.

Manufacturing jobs

161,999

1.3% of U.S. · −0.5% year over year

Establishments

2,966

BLS QCEW 2024

Average annual pay

$61,224

−28% vs. U.S. manufacturing

In the Noramark directory

187

manufacturers listed below

Largest subsectors

  1. Food51,696 jobs · LQ 3.50
  2. Fabricated metal product16,058 jobs · LQ 1.34
  3. Transportation equipment14,142 jobs · LQ 0.96
  4. Machinery12,135 jobs · LQ 1.31
  5. Plastics and rubber products10,810 jobs · LQ 1.80
  6. Wood product9,979 jobs · LQ 2.90

Top counties

  1. Washington County13,486 jobs · LQ 1.36
  2. Pulaski County13,299 jobs · LQ 0.62
  3. Benton County13,174 jobs · LQ 1.11
  4. Sebastian County12,904 jobs · LQ 2.32
  5. Craighead County7,497 jobs · LQ 1.66
  6. Mississippi County6,885 jobs · LQ 4.16

Top metro areas

  1. Memphis, TN-MS-AR40,366 jobs · LQ 0.80
  2. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR27,831 jobs · LQ 1.26
  3. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR20,892 jobs · LQ 0.71
  4. Fort Smith, AR-OK17,925 jobs · LQ 2.26
  5. Jonesboro, AR8,216 jobs · LQ 1.66
  6. Texarkana, TX-AR5,711 jobs · LQ 1.21

Census County Business Patterns counts 2,526 manufacturing establishments with 164,240 employees in Arkansas (2023). The two federal counts differ because they define an establishment and its coverage differently.

LQ is the location quotient: the state's share of jobs in the industry divided by the U.S. share. BLS withholds some subsectors, counties and metros to protect confidentiality; those are left out of the lists above. Compare every state.

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages; U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns. Noramark keeps each downloaded file with its checksum and retrieval date.

Processes in Arkansas

CNC Machining · 38Welding & Fabrication · 32Finishing & Heat Treating · 21

Nearby states

Louisiana · 197Missouri · 461Mississippi · 110Oklahoma · 237Tennessee · 433Texas · 1,822