Shoe and leather workers and repairers job market in Arkansas

Limited local data: at least one local trend covers only 78.95% of this occupation's industry mix. These figures describe the industries with published data. Read each trend alongside its state data coverage.

Limited industry data for shoe and leather workers and repairers in Arkansas

In early 2026, employment in the available industry data was down 2.3% from a year earlier, compared with a 1.1% decline nationwide.

These are industry-wide trends, not a count of jobs in this occupation or current openings.

-2.3%Industry employmentU.S. -1.1%State data coverage: 78.95%
-7.7%EstablishmentsU.S. +1.3%State data coverage: 78.95%
+5.9%Avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +5.4%State data coverage: 90.79%
26,051Represented establishmentsEstablishments in the industries that employ this occupation, not employers hiring itIndustry mix share 90.8%, separate from the data coverage on the trend cards

Industry employment change over time

Year-over-year change for the industries that employ Shoe and leather workers and repairers in Arkansas

Every published quarter

BLS does not publish a national quarterly series for this occupation’s industry mix, so only the Arkansas series is shown. The U.S. figure on the cards above is the latest quarter benchmark.

Quarterly year-over-year industry employment change for Shoe and leather workers and repairers in Arkansas, with the published state data coverage for each quarter
QuarterArkansasState data coverage
2024 Q2-0.1%100%
2024 Q3+0.2%100%
2024 Q4-0.2%100%
2025 Q1-0.6%90.79%
2025 Q2-1.0%100%
2025 Q3-1.7%100%
2025 Q4-1.7%100%
2026 Q1-2.3% Below coverage floor78.95%

Industry mix behind this view

Which industries are weighted into this view. Not a ranking of employers or of job quality.

Industries weighted into the local context for Shoe and leather workers and repairers in Arkansas
Industry groupShare of occupation employmentLocal employment changeEstablishmentsAvg. weekly wage
Manufacturing79.0%-2.3%2,705$1,261
Trade, transportation, and utilities11.8%Not published23,346$1,149
Other services9.2%Not published6,972$947
QCEW release
QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period
January to March 2026
BLS publication date
August 28, 2026
Source verification
Verified September 17, 2026
Industry mix vintage
EP-2025-2035

The publication date above is the official BLS news release date for this reference quarter, linked to the notice. The values match the snapshot independently checked against BLS sources on September 17, 2026. The publication date identifies the quarterly news release, not the exact revision date. The data period above is the quarter the figures describe.

QCEW describes the industries that employ this occupation, not the occupation itself. It is not a count of job openings and is not part of the 0-100 Job Market Health score.

How to read this page

QCEW measures employment and wages by industry, not by occupation. We weight those industry conditions using the published industry mix for Shoe and leather workers and repairers. These figures describe the industries that employ Shoe and leather workers and repairers; they are not direct counts of people working in the occupation or of jobs currently open. This page is not part of the national 0 to 100 Job Market Health score.

Source: BLS QCEW. See the methodology, the national Shoe and leather workers and repairers report and about the data.