# Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Arkansas

Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Arkansas was 1,811,561 jobs in 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

- Indicator id: `total_employment_jobs`
- Place id: `us-state-05`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Average annual number of full-time and part-time jobs located in a place, wage and salary jobs plus proprietors (self-employed and partners), farm and nonfarm. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 7010, nation and states.
- Note: Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice, and jobs are counted where they are, not where the worker lives. Broader than oews_employment, which leaves out the self-employed and farm workers. BEA stopped publishing county employment after 2022, so there is no county level.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested, no implied BEA endorsement)
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/arkansas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=total_employment_jobs&place=us-state-05

| Period | jobs |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 1,811,561 |
| 2024 | 1,797,668 |
| 2023 | 1,775,854 |
| 2022 | 1,750,364 |
| 2021 | 1,689,774 |
| 2020 | 1,643,308 |
| 2019 | 1,666,492 |
| 2018 | 1,660,338 |
| 2017 | 1,641,425 |
| 2016 | 1,630,933 |
| 2015 | 1,611,671 |
| 2014 | 1,587,991 |
| 2013 | 1,569,628 |
| 2012 | 1,565,109 |
| 2011 | 1,561,929 |
| 2010 | 1,541,250 |
| 2009 | 1,542,904 |
| 2008 | 1,579,250 |
| 2007 | 1,582,826 |
| 2006 | 1,567,665 |
| 2005 | 1,537,671 |
| 2004 | 1,505,086 |
| 2003 | 1,482,026 |
| 2002 | 1,478,920 |
| 2001 | 1,482,587 |
| 2000 | 1,482,449 |
| 1999 | 1,460,374 |
| 1998 | 1,445,536 |
| 1997 | 1,427,163 |
| 1996 | 1,405,330 |
| 1995 | 1,382,418 |
| 1994 | 1,329,036 |
| 1993 | 1,301,238 |
| 1992 | 1,255,030 |
| 1991 | 1,230,169 |
| 1990 | 1,203,622 |
| 1989 | 1,189,148 |
| 1988 | 1,169,911 |
| 1987 | 1,136,620 |
| 1986 | 1,110,294 |
| 1985 | 1,098,411 |
| 1984 | 1,079,236 |
| 1983 | 1,039,399 |
| 1982 | 1,010,727 |
| 1981 | 1,026,248 |
| 1980 | 1,032,439 |
| 1979 | 1,031,309 |
| 1978 | 1,021,156 |
| 1977 | 981,263 |
| 1976 | 941,116 |
| 1975 | 904,885 |
| 1974 | 927,399 |
| 1973 | 901,673 |
| 1972 | 867,240 |
| 1971 | 830,624 |
| 1970 | 805,274 |
| 1969 | 799,917 |