Compared with the local labor market
Registered Nurse Manager pay vs. Arkansas
Across all employers in Arkansas, the median wage for Medical and Health Services Managers — about 6,440 people — is $94,340. Department of Veterans Affairs pays a median base salary of $95,445 for this role, 1% above that figure — about the 51st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Department of Veterans Affairs sits in the local pay range
$55,390
$76,140
$94,340
$114,990
$155,210
Department of Veterans Affairs median · $95,445
The bar is the range of annual wages for Medical and Health Services Managers across every employer in Arkansas, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Veterans Affairs’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Medical and Health Services Managers — about 597,080 people — is $123,860. Department of Veterans Affairs’s median base salary is 23% below that national figure, about the 26th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$73,390
$94,700
$123,860
$166,100
$224,340
Department of Veterans Affairs median · $95,445
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 Veterans Affairs is $95,445, 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
This role across Arkansas
Registered Nurse Manager is held in 3 Arkansas departments. In Department of Veterans Affairs, the median of $95,445 ranks #3 of 3.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Registered Nurse Manager role in other Arkansasdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.