Market data
Employment law in Arkansas: market data
What public records say about the market for employment law in Arkansas: how much demand the courts and agencies count, how many law offices serve it, how many people need help in Spanish, and the ad rules that apply. Every number links to the record it comes from.
Demand: what courts and agencies count
Counts of filings, crashes, complaints and enforcement in the records each agency keeps. A count shows where problems were recorded, not how many people will hire a lawyer.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EEOC charges alleging age discrimination | 275 charges, fiscal year | FY2025 | Arkansas state | eeoc-charges v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733005 record eeoc-ar-age · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| EEOC charges of discrimination (all bases) | 1,675 charges, fiscal year | FY2025 | Arkansas state | eeoc-charges v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733005 record eeoc-ar-all · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| EEOC charges alleging disability discrimination | 648 charges, fiscal year | FY2025 | Arkansas state | eeoc-charges v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733005 record eeoc-ar-disability · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| EEOC charges alleging race discrimination | 653 charges, fiscal year | FY2025 | Arkansas state | eeoc-charges v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733005 record eeoc-ar-race · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| EEOC charges alleging retaliation | 715 charges, fiscal year | FY2025 | Arkansas state | eeoc-charges v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733005 record eeoc-ar-retaliation · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| EEOC charges alleging sex discrimination | 455 charges, fiscal year | FY2025 | Arkansas state | eeoc-charges v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733005 record eeoc-ar-sex · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: employment | 191 cases filed, fiscal year | FY2025 | Arkansas state | federal-filings-county v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750628 record federal-filings-county:AR · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: labor and benefits | 23 cases filed, fiscal year | FY2025 | Arkansas state | federal-filings-county v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750628 record federal-filings-county:AR · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Back wages WHD found owed, ten fiscal years | 12,786,435 US dollars | FY2016-FY2025 | Arkansas state | wage-enforcement v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226 record wage-enforcement:AR · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Wage and Hour Division cases concluded | 107 cases | FY2025 | Arkansas state | wage-enforcement v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226 record wage-enforcement:AR · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Wage and Hour Division cases, ten fiscal years | 2,337 cases | FY2016-FY2025 | Arkansas state | wage-enforcement v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226 record wage-enforcement:AR · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Employees owed back wages, ten fiscal years | 21,846 employees | FY2016-FY2025 | Arkansas state | wage-enforcement v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226 record wage-enforcement:AR · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal civil filings: private civil rights (includes employment) | 318 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Eastern District of Arkansas federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-are-priv-civil-rights · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private labor (wage and hour, ERISA, family leave) | 26 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Eastern District of Arkansas federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-are-priv-labor · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil cases filed: employment and wage claims | 409 cases filed, three fiscal years | FY2023-2025 | Eastern District of Arkansas federal district | idb-civil v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969 record idb-are-employment · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil cases filed: labor relations and employee benefits | 48 cases filed, three fiscal years | FY2023-2025 | Eastern District of Arkansas federal district | idb-civil v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969 record idb-are-labor-benefits · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private civil rights (includes employment) | 128 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Western District of Arkansas federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-arw-priv-civil-rights · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private labor (wage and hour, ERISA, family leave) | 18 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Western District of Arkansas federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-arw-priv-labor · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil cases filed: employment and wage claims | 179 cases filed, three fiscal years | FY2023-2025 | Western District of Arkansas federal district | idb-civil v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969 record idb-arw-employment · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil cases filed: labor relations and employee benefits | 36 cases filed, three fiscal years | FY2023-2025 | Western District of Arkansas federal district | idb-civil v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969 record idb-arw-labor-benefits · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
Rising or falling
The change between the last two periods each source publishes. No threshold and no smoothing.
| Measure | Before | Latest | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| EEOC charges of discrimination (all bases) Arkansas · record eeoc-ar-all | 1,720 FY2024 | 1,675 FY2025 | falling (-2.6%) |
| Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: employment Arkansas · record federal-filings-county:AR | 215 FY2024 | 191 FY2025 | falling (-11.2%) |
| Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: labor and benefits Arkansas · record federal-filings-county:AR | 32 FY2024 | 23 FY2025 | falling (-28.1%) |
| Wage and Hour Division cases concluded Arkansas · record wage-enforcement:AR | 105 FY2024 | 107 FY2025 | rising (+1.9%) |
Lawyer supply
How many law offices and lawyers the federal statistics count here.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New lawyers admitted | 332 lawyers a year | 2025 | Arkansas state | bar-pipeline v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443 record ar-bar-pipeline · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties under 1 law office per 10,000 residents | 12 counties | 2026-Q1 | Arkansas state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-05 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties with no law office | 9 counties | 2026-Q1 | Arkansas state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-05 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Residents living in those low-office counties | 4.3 percent of residents | 2026-Q1 | Arkansas state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-05 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Employer law firms | 1,294 firms | 2022 | Arkansas state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-ar-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Receipts of employer law firms | 914,809,000 US dollars | 2022 | Arkansas state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-ar-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Law offices per 10,000 residents | 5.25 per 10,000 residents | 2026-Q1 | Arkansas state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-05 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Self-employed lawyers (nonemployer firms) | 1,560 firms | latest Nonemployer Statistics year | Arkansas state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-05 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Private law offices | 1,634 establishments | 2026-Q1 | Arkansas state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-05 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Lawyers employed (wage-earning, BLS OEWS) | 3,430 jobs | May 2025 | Arkansas state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:AR:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Median annual wage of employed lawyers | 98,880 US dollars a year | May 2025 | Arkansas state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:AR:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Counties with the most demand per law office
Of the 25 counties in Arkansas with the most federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: employment, the ten with the most per private law office. Both counts are shown with their records.
| County | Demand | Law offices | Per office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley County, AR | 2 record federal-filings-county:05011 | 1 record law-offices-05011 | 2 |
| Jefferson County, AR | 15 record federal-filings-county:05069 | 11 record law-offices-05069 | 1.36 |
| Howard County, AR | 2 record federal-filings-county:05061 | 2 record law-offices-05061 | 1 |
| Sharp County, AR | 2 record federal-filings-county:05135 | 2 record law-offices-05135 | 1 |
| Ouachita County, AR | 2 record federal-filings-county:05103 | 3 record law-offices-05103 | 0.67 |
| Arkansas County, AR | 3 record federal-filings-county:05001 | 6 record law-offices-05001 | 0.5 |
| Grant County, AR | 2 record federal-filings-county:05053 | 4 record law-offices-05053 | 0.5 |
| Ashley County, AR | 2 record federal-filings-county:05003 | 5 record law-offices-05003 | 0.4 |
| St. Francis County, AR | 3 record federal-filings-county:05123 | 8 record law-offices-05123 | 0.38 |
| Lonoke County, AR | 6 record federal-filings-county:05085 | 17 record law-offices-05085 | 0.35 |
Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: employment (federal-filings-county v1.0.0, FY2025) ÷ Private law offices (law-offices v1.0.0, 2026-Q1). ratio = federal-filings-county.ffc.employment / law-offices.qcew_estabs, rounded to 2 decimals; ranked highest first, among the 25 units with the most demand. Units with zero supply are listed apart (ratio undefined); units without a published value are listed as missing.
Spanish-language demand
People who speak Spanish and speak English less than very well, and the lawyers who speak Spanish, from the Census Bureau survey (with margins of error).
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) | not published lawyers | 2020-2024 | Arkansas state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:AR:lawyers-spanish · status U · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer | not published people per lawyer | 2020-2024 | Arkansas state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:AR:lep-per-spanish-lawyer · status U · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English (ACS) | 76,692 ±2,625 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Arkansas state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:AR:spanish-lep · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English | 76,692 ±2,822 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Arkansas state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-ar · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Ad rules that apply
The rules a law firm's ads in Arkansas have to meet, summarized from the official texts. The full rules, with quotes, are on the state page.
| Topic | Status | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| Ad filing or review | D default rule | Marked D: we haven’t read Arkansas’s own rule on filing ads at an official source, so the ABA Model Rule default applies until we do: no filing or review of ads. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Required content | D default rule | Marked D: we haven’t read Arkansas’s own rule on what each ad must include at an official source, so the ABA Model Rule default applies until we do: each ad names at least one lawyer or law firm responsible for it, with contact information. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Waiting periods for contact | D default rule | Marked D: we haven’t read Arkansas’s own text on waiting periods at an official source, so our national default applies until we do: no targeted contact with injured people at all. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Claims and results | D default rule | Marked D: we haven’t checked this state’s own text on results, testimonials and specialist claims, so the ABA Model Rule default applies until we do. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Paying for referrals | D default rule | Marked D: the ABA Model Rule default applies until we check the state’s text. Lawyers may pay reasonable advertising costs and a qualified referral service’s usual charges, never for a recommendation; lead generators are allowed only if they don’t recommend… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Call recording | D default rule | Arkansas: the state recording statute is not verified against an official text. Federal law (18 U.S.C. § 2511(2)(d)) lets a party to a call, or someone with one party's prior consent, record it; state law may be stricter. |
| Texting | D default rule | Arkansas: the state telemarketing statute is not verified against an official text. The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (47 U.S.C. § 227) and its rules apply. |
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | Arkansas: no filing or review of lawyer ads is required. official source · filing v1.2.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721409 · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Paying for referrals | U open or withheld | Not verified: we could not read Arkansas's official fee-division rule on 2026-10-28, so the fee-division cells are left blank. official source · referral v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23747113 · checked 2026-10-28 |
Prices and pay (national)
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs in legal services (seasonally adjusted) | 1,249 thousand jobs | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CES6054110001:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| CPI-U: legal services | 230 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CUUR0000SEGC01:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: offices of lawyers | 338 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU541110541110:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: labor and employment legal services | 151 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU541110541110A:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
What is missing
Datasets linked to this practice that have no figure here, and values the source withholds. We never fill these in.
- findings (demand): the dataset has no records for Arkansas (it covers other places)
- firm-web-census (supply): the dataset has no records for Arkansas (it covers other places)
- language (spanish): Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) (Arkansas): value withheld by the source (status U)
- language (spanish): Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer (Arkansas): value withheld by the source (status U)
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Cite as: Probative Growth, The new-lawyer pipeline by jurisdiction: bar exam pass rates and new admissions, 2025 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443); Federal civil filings by nature of suit and district, 12-month periods since 2018 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009); Legal deserts: law offices and lawyers per resident in every U.S. county v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430); Employment discrimination charges to the EEOC, by state and basis, FY 2009 to FY 2025 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733005); Federal civil cases filed, by county of the plaintiff's residence, case type and year (Federal Judicial Center) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750628); How long federal civil cases take: outcomes, class actions and pro se share by district, nature of suit and year v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969); Spanish-speaking demand vs Spanish-speaking lawyer supply, by state and metro v1.1.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758); Law firm size, solos and receipts, by state: Census SUSB 2022, Nonemployer Statistics 2024 and Economic Census 2022 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997); Law offices, jobs and pay by county, with solo-practice counts: BLS QCEW, Census CBP and Nonemployer Statistics v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415); Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840); Legal need by county: who may need a lawyer, from the American Community Survey v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886); Legal-services prices and jobs, monthly (BLS CPI, PPI and CES) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854); Wage-and-hour and OSHA enforcement by county, state, act and industry (U.S. Department of Labor) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226); CC BY 4.0. https://probativegrowth.com/markets/arkansas/employment-law/
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