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Child Protective Services (CPS) Caseworker in Arkansas

Arkansas Department of Shared Administrative Services, Office of Personnel Management lists 1 job class for this work in the Arkansas state pay plan: Child Abuse Investigator.

$52,137 – $77,163
state pay plan range, a year
1
classes in the state plan
$43,330
median pay in AR, all employers
1,150
workers in AR (SOC 21-1021)

Sources: Arkansas Department of Shared Administrative Services, Office of Personnel Management, Arkansas Executive Branch Pay Tables and Class Code List; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Arkansas state pay plan Sourced

Published rates for each class, lowest first, effective July 1, 2025. These are the ranges Arkansas sets for its own state employees; cities, counties and school districts have their own pay plans.

Class and gradePublished rate
Child Abuse Investigator
Class SIA06P · class description
Grade SGS06
$52,137 – $77,163 a year

Schedule: State Government Services Pay Schedule. Rates are as the plan publishes them; "a year" figures are conversions. Classes are matched to this job by title (GovJobsWiki editorial rule).

Source: Arkansas Department of Shared Administrative Services, Office of Personnel Management, Arkansas Executive Branch Pay Tables and Class Code List. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Pay in Arkansas, all employers Sourced

Child, Family, and School Social Workers (SOC 21-1021) in Arkansas, all employers combined: BLS state estimates do not separate government from private.

MeasureAR
Workers1,150
10th percentile$36,070
Median$43,330
90th percentile$59,470
National median, government employers$65,660

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — national estimates by ownership. Data captured September 30, 2026.

More about this job

Requirements, hiring process, training, schedule and day-to-day work are on the national Child Protective Services (CPS) Caseworker page.

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