Arkansas / AR Department of Transportation / Maintenance Specialist
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
283 employees hold this title in AR Department of Transportation. Median total compensation for the role is $47,892, below the department median of $51,012.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 283 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Arkansas, the median wage for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General — about 12,410 people — is $43,400. AR Department of Transportation pays a median base salary of $47,892 for this role, 10% above that figure — about the 62nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General across every employer in Arkansas, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows AR Department of Transportation’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General — about 1,529,700 people — is $49,590. AR Department of Transportation’s median base salary is 3% below that national figure, about the 45th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Arkansas range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 282 of 283 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at AR Department of Transportation is $47,892, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Maintenance Specialist is held in 11 Arkansas departments. In AR Department of Transportation, the median of $47,892 ranks #1 of 11.
Median total compensation for the Maintenance Specialist role in other Arkansasdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In Arkansas, the median of $47,788 ranks #2 of 4. See Maintenance Specialist across all of Arkansas →
Median total compensation for comparable Maintenance Specialistroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Maintenance Specialist/AR Department of Transportation
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Ricky Milligan works as a Maintenance Specialist for AR Department of Transportation within Other. Their hire date on record is 03-26-1998. Ricky earned $59,748 in 2026. Their pay grade is 09.
Maintenance Specialist/AR Department of Transportation
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At AR Department of Transportation, Jimmy Holt serves as a Maintenance Specialist within Other. Records show a hire date of 04-12-2007. Their 2026 pay totaled $58,890. They are classified at grade 09.
Maintenance Specialist/AR Department of Transportation
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At AR Department of Transportation, William Townsend serves as a Maintenance Specialist within Other. Records show a hire date of 05-15-2000. Their 2026 pay totaled $57,642. They are classified at grade 09.
Maintenance Specialist/AR Department of Transportation
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Larry Otwell is a Maintenance Specialist at AR Department of Transportation within Other. Records show a hire date of 08-14-2000. 2026 total compensation came to $57,512. They are classified at grade 09.
Maintenance Specialist/AR Department of Transportation
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Bradley Mcjunkins works as a Maintenance Specialist for AR Department of Transportation within Other. Their hire date on record is 09-13-2004. Bradley earned $57,434 in 2026. Their pay grade is 09.
Maintenance Specialist/AR Department of Transportation
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Christopher Kelly is a Maintenance Specialist at AR Department of Transportation within Other. Records show a hire date of 05-27-1999. 2026 total compensation came to $56,992. They are classified at grade 09.
Maintenance Specialist/AR Department of Transportation
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Lawrence Hobbs is a Maintenance Specialist at AR Department of Transportation within Other. Records show a hire date of 03-20-2000. 2026 total compensation came to $56,420. They are classified at grade 09.
Maintenance Specialist/AR Department of Transportation
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Michael Ogden holds the role of Maintenance Specialist at AR Department of Transportation within Other. Their hire date on record is 05-21-2005. In 2026, their total compensation was $56,264. Their pay grade is 09.
Maintenance Specialist/AR Department of Transportation
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Brandon Webster is a Maintenance Specialist at AR Department of Transportation within Other. Records show a hire date of 10-25-2007. 2026 total compensation came to $56,186. They are classified at grade 09.