Hiring/Arkansas/Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists hiring difficulty in Little Rock, AR

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists in Little Rock, AR is not scored. OEWS counts 80 jobs in this occupation here, which is under the 500-worker floor, so the page says: Too few workers locally to score reliably. This metro has far fewer of these workers than the national mix. The location quotient is 0.19 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). OEWS counts 0.213 of these jobs per 1,000 jobs in the metro. That count is shown here and is not a score input. This occupation has no row in the 2025–2035 projections extract used here, so both demand components sit at the bottom of the scale used for occupations that do. The metro median of $82,720 a year is under the U.S. median of $103,410 and above the Arkansas median of $72,530 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). In Arkansas, the December 2025 job openings rate for all industries, statewide, was 4.3%, above the U.S. rate of 4.0% that same month. The statewide hiring pace was 39.7 days, longer than the U.S. pace of 37.8 days (BLS JOLTS, total nonfarm). OEWS counts 80 jobs in this occupation in the metro (May 2025). No workplace count is shown for Little Rock. The provider-registry extract was built from Oklahoma and Texas city queries and stops at those metros. This set of 80 metros places Little Rock at rank 62 for healthcare employment in practitioner and support occupations.