Child day care in Arkansas 798 establishments · 11,654 employees · 2024
Firms (AR)
798
Employment
11,654
Avg Annual Pay
$27,034
State Rank
#32 of 52
How Arkansas compares to national
Metric
Arkansas
National
Arkansas vs. U.S.
Establishments
798
79,233
1.0% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$27,034
$32,550
-$5,516 (-16.9%)
Location quotient
1.17
1.00
17% denser than national
Avg firm size (employees)
14.6
12.5
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Year-over-year firm growth
+0.1%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 1.17 means child day care are 17% over-represented in Arkansas's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 624410. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json