8 Arkansas Employers That Hire Veterans
8 employers in Arkansas cleared the federal veteran-hiring benchmark in filing cycle 2025, between them hiring 760 protected veterans out of 10,873 new hires — 7.0% overall, against a national benchmark of 5.1%. The largest by veterans hired are JB Hunt Transport Services Inc., ArcBest Corporation and Pafford Medical Services Inc.
Arkansas employers
8
met or beat the federal benchmark
Veterans hired
760
of 10,873 total new hires
Combined share
7.0%
against a 5.1% national benchmark
Veteran hiring in Arkansas concentrates in Transportation & Logistics (693 hires), Healthcare (44 hires) and Utilities (8 hires).
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| # | Employer | Veterans hired | Total hires | Share | State | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JB Hunt Transport Services Inc. | 626 | 8,763 | 7.1% | Arkansas | Transportation & Logistics |
| 2 | ArcBest Corporation | 67 | 1,280 | 5.2% | Arkansas | Transportation & Logistics |
| 3 | Pafford Medical Services Inc | 44 | 545 | 8.1% | Arkansas | Healthcare |
| 4 | Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation | 8 | 84 | 9.5% | Arkansas | Utilities |
| 5 | Usable LIFE | 5 | 96 | 5.2% | Arkansas | Finance & Insurance |
| 6 | William A. Harrison Inc. | 5 | 31 | 16.1% | Arkansas | Construction |
| 7 | Safe Foods Corporation | 3 | 47 | 6.4% | Arkansas | Wholesale Trade |
| 8 | Communities Unlimited Inc. | 2 | 27 | 7.4% | Arkansas | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
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What this list is not. It is a track record, not a job board — the data describes a past filing cycle, so an employer here may or may not be hiring today. Check their careers page. It is also not a ranking of who treats veterans best; it counts hires, which is one honest signal among several.
Self-identification is voluntary. Employees choose whether to disclose protected-veteran status, so these figures generally understate how many veterans an employer really has. That cuts one way only: everyone on this list is at least as good as the number shown.
We filtered out obvious filing errors. Some filings report a veteran hire rate wildly out of step with the same employer's overall veteran workforce — a column filled in wrong, not a recruiting record. Those are excluded rather than celebrated.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor VETS-4212 filings, cycle 2025, and the OFCCP national hiring benchmark of 5.1% effective 30 July 2025. LockLeed International is not affiliated with the Department of Labor or OFCCP.
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