Compared with the local labor market
Attorney III pay vs. Arkansas
Across all employers in Arkansas, the median wage for Lawyers — about 3,430 people — is $98,880. Department of Energy and Environment pays a median base salary of $114,390 for this role, 16% above that figure — about the 62nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Department of Energy and Environment sits in the local pay range
$49,900
$69,470
$98,880
$132,490
$220,660
Department of Energy and Environment median · $114,390
The bar is the range of annual wages for Lawyers across every employer in Arkansas, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Energy and Environment’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Lawyers — about 754,500 people — is $159,670. Department of Energy and Environment’s median base salary is 28% below that national figure, about the 30th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$78,360
$102,990
$159,670
$221,370
$351,600
Department of Energy and Environment median · $114,390
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.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Energy and Environment is $114,390, 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.
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Attorney beyond Arkansas
This role is reported in 14 jurisdictions. In Arkansas, the median of $85,943 ranks #7 of 14. See Attorney across all of Arkansas →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Attorneyroles 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.