Conservation Scientists Salary in Little Rock, AR

Conservation Scientists pay range in Little Rock

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $60,640 a year or less, while the top 10% make $112,260 or more. The middle half of conservation scientists in Little Rock earn between $62,750 and $97,470.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Conservation Scientists salary after taxes in Little Rock

On the average salary of $80,030, a single filer in Little Rock takes home about $62,657 a year, or $5,221 a month and $2,410 every two weeks. Taxes take 22% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Arkansas tax is estimated with the Department of Finance and Administration's 2026 withholding formula.

Is Little Rock a good place for conservation scientists? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Little Rock area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 89.4), so the average $80,030 buys what about $89,555 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Little Rock ($45,790). A typical home costs $231,039, or 2.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($118,820).

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