Systems Engineer / Architect salary in Little Rock, AR

Based on 31 certified H-1B filings in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Conway.

Median salary$90,000
Middle 50%$68.3k–$112.5k
vs. national median−22%comparison median $114,795
Filings31FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $50,508 and $179,600.
PercentileSalary
10th$57,755
25th$68,346
50th (median)$90,000
75th$112,549
90th$145,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $90k $120k FY2020: median $71,219 (26 filings) FY2021: median $75,550 (16 filings) FY2022: median $85,473 (34 filings) FY2023: median $105,560 (12 filings) FY2024: median $94,058 (26 filings) FY2025: median $95,742 (23 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 26 filings FY20 FY2021: 16 filings FY21 FY2022: 34 filings FY22 FY2023: 12 filings FY23 FY2024: 26 filings FY24 FY2025: 23 filings FY25 FY2026: 8 filings FY26 34
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$71,219$68,500$87,39026
FY2021$75,550$55,000$94,85516
FY2022$85,473$68,661$108,75034
FY2023$105,560$88,879$116,45312
FY2024$94,058$75,692$118,00026
FY2025$95,742$64,875$118,45623
FY2026–––8

Cost of living

Little Rock's median Systems Engineer / Architect salary of $90,000 is worth about $100,700 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Little Rock = 89.4).

Compared with all workers here

All Computer Systems Engineers/Architects in the Little Rock, AR area earned a median of $88,610 in May 2025 (450 employed). The H-1B median here is $90,000, 2% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Gainwell Technologiestoo few8
HCLTechtoo few2
Arkansas Department of Transportationtoo few2
Esystemstoo few2
Prodapt North Americatoo few2
Tecsource Internationaltoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II too few 4
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV $114,442 10

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Expert · Level IV$97,344$114,44210

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.