Peco Foods, Inc. (Pocahontas)
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THE QUICK READ
Peco Foods invested $200 million to build a 272,000-square-foot poultry processing plant on 200 acres in Pocahontas, Arkansas, opening in 2016 as part of a fully integrated complex that includes a feed mill in nearby Corning and more than 1,000 contract chicken houses within a 50-mile radius. The Pocahontas and Corning facilities together employ more than 1,700 people, making Peco the fourth-largest manufacturing employer in Arkansas. Pocahontas is the county seat of Randolph County in northeast Arkansas, a city of about 7,400 people along the Black River, roughly 130 miles northeast of Little Rock near the Missouri border.
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PAY PICTURE
Ammonia / Industrial Refrigeration Tech
- Government data for Arkansas
- $21.70–$29.66/hr
- What techs ask in Arkansas
- $25.47–$42.84/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 22 techs in our network, Arkansas
Industrial Maintenance Tech
- Government data for Arkansas
- $19.68–$28.21/hr
- What techs ask, adjusted for Arkansas
- $23.72–$32.51/hr
- Posted pay near this plant
- $21.61–$29.99/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 278 techs in our network nationwide, scaled to Arkansas pay levels · 6 postings
Area pay for these roles, not this plant’s pay. Rows we cannot back with data are left out.
ABOUT THIS FACILITY
- Reported employees
- ~500
- Products
- chicken, not-ready-to-eat, poultry, processing, slaughter
- Size
- Large
- Ammonia on site
- 80,320 lbs (per EPA RMP filings)
On file · Sep 2026
SAFETY RECORD
EPA RMP · Sep 2026From public EPA records, as of September 4, 2026. Reported as filed — we add no opinions or grades.
LIVING IN POCAHONTAS, AR
NEARBY PLANTS HIRING
Data updated: Sep 2026| FACILITY | LOCATION | DISTANCE | OPEN JOBS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peco Foods INC. | Batesville, AR | 50 mi | 5 JOBS → |
| Kroger Dedicated Logistics, Inc. | Memphis, TN | 103 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Tyson Foods | Humboldt, TN | 116 mi | 11 JOBS → |
| Americold Logistics | North Little Rock, AR | 123 mi | 1 JOB → |
| Conagra Brands | Jackson, TN | 128 mi | 1 JOB → |
| Pilgrim's Pride | Hickory, KY | 135 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Conagra Brands | Russellville, AR | 136 mi | 7 JOBS → |
| Tyson Foods | Pine Bluff, AR | 149 mi | 3 JOBS → |
ABOUT PECO FOODS INC.
Peco Foods began in 1937 when John Herman Hickman started a hatchery in Gordo, Alabama; his family merged with Harris Poultry and Egg Co. in 1968 to form the Peco brand. Based in Tuscaloosa, the company grew into an integrated poultry processor and expanded into Arkansas in 2011, adding plants in Pocahontas and Corning by 2016. Peco now operates 12 locations across Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi with more than 7,500 employees, ranking as the seventh-largest poultry producer in the United States. It remains privately held under the fourth generation of the Hickman family.
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