High paying management jobs in Fort Smith, AR-OK

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Fort Smith, AR-OK. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single management job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Fort Smith, AR-OK run 14.1% below the national average (2024), so a Fort Smith, AR-OK salary is worth about 1.16× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Fort Smith, AR-OK · Employed

1Architectural and Engineering Managers$131,100
Bachelor's degree
$99,320 – $199,930100
2Purchasing Managers$125,330
Bachelor's degree
$78,050 – $200,58060
3Computer and Information Systems Managers$114,760
Bachelor's degree
$75,500 – $181,210190
4Chief Executives$114,550
Bachelor's degree
$55,070 – $254,160210
5Industrial Production Managers$106,520
Bachelor's degree
$75,040 – $179,140220
6Financial Managers$104,990
Bachelor's degree
$65,610 – $201,560460
7Human Resources Managers$103,580
Bachelor's degree
$64,660 – $178,990100
8Facilities Managers$103,300
Bachelor's degree
$60,790 – $168,50060
9Sales Managers$99,110
Bachelor's degree
$49,990 – $208,350230
10Managers, All Other$98,500
Bachelor's degree
$50,530 – $163,220360
11Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$96,420
Master's degree
$80,460 – $110,180190
12Marketing Managers$93,990
Bachelor's degree
$65,110 – $165,92090
13Medical and Health Services Managers$91,720
Bachelor's degree
$55,270 – $135,560370
14Administrative Services Managers$90,640
Bachelor's degree
$46,830 – $146,29080
15Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$83,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,260 – $158,660130
16Construction Managers$82,940
Bachelor's degree
$57,960 – $114,940130
17Education Administrators, Postsecondary$75,180
Master's degree
$50,450 – $189,43070
18General and Operations Managers$70,330
Bachelor's degree
$35,690 – $163,7602,320
19Social and Community Service Managers$55,450
Bachelor's degree
$37,510 – $78,650140
20Food Service Managers$50,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,690 – $75,560180
21Lodging Managers$49,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,620 – $74,02030
22Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$45,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,160 – $84,190180
23Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare$40,420
Bachelor's degree
$29,740 – $66,83050

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianFort Smith, AR-OK	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$131,100	$99,320 – $199,930	100
2	Purchasing ManagersBachelor's degree	$125,330	$78,050 – $200,580	60
3	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$114,760	$75,500 – $181,210	190
4	Chief ExecutivesBachelor's degree	$114,550	$55,070 – $254,160	210
5	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$106,520	$75,040 – $179,140	220
6	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$104,990	$65,610 – $201,560	460
7	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$103,580	$64,660 – $178,990	100
8	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$103,300	$60,790 – $168,500	60
9	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$99,110	$49,990 – $208,350	230
10	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$98,500	$50,530 – $163,220	360
11	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$96,420	$80,460 – $110,180	190
12	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$93,990	$65,110 – $165,920	90
13	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$91,720	$55,270 – $135,560	370
14	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$90,640	$46,830 – $146,290	80
15	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,370	$46,260 – $158,660	130
16	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$82,940	$57,960 – $114,940	130
17	Education Administrators, PostsecondaryMaster's degree	$75,180	$50,450 – $189,430	70
18	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$70,330	$35,690 – $163,760	2,320
19	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$55,450	$37,510 – $78,650	140
20	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,390	$35,690 – $75,560	180
21	Lodging ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,990	$36,620 – $74,020	30
22	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,540	$28,160 – $84,190	180
23	Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and DaycareBachelor's degree	$40,420	$29,740 – $66,830	50

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Fort Smith, AR-OK. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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