Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers in Arkansas

Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers (NAICS 424490) in Arkansas reports 6,432 workers across 141 establishments, with $410.4M of aggregate annual payroll flowing through Census CBP 2023 filings. That represents 1.9% of national employment for this industry, a concentration ratio that tells you whether Arkansas is a primary labor market for this NAICS code or a smaller satellite. A share above 5% signals a meaningful regional cluster; below 1% usually means the state is not a structural fit for this industry at scale. Arkansas accounts for 0.9% of the national Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers establishment count (141 of 14,991), according to Census County Business Patterns.

Wage benchmarking is where state-level data earns its keep. The average annual compensation for Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers employees in Arkansas is $63,802/yr, versus a national average of $66,413/yr. Arkansas pays below the national average for this industry, common in lower cost-of-living states or where the industry has a smaller, less specialized local workforce.

Profitability data is only available at the national level because the IRS Statistics of Income program does not publish state-level margin breakdowns. The national net profit margin for Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers is not reported, and while margins do vary by state, the direction of variance usually follows labor cost and establishment size, both shown above. For a complete picture, pair this state-industry view with the Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers national page (entity structure, SBA lending, sub-industries) and the Arkansas overview (top employers, payroll dispersion across industries).