Pet Sitting Rates in Arkansas: What Published Surveys Show

Pet-sitting prices vary by place, service type, and experience. This article reports only figures from published surveys and labels each source. It does not invent a Arkansas average where a source did not publish one.

Hourly cat-sitting rates reported for Arkansas

A November 15, 2024 guide from Pet Care Insurance, citing average cat-sitter profile pricing from Care.com (retrieved 2026-11-12), lists these average hourly cat-sitting rates for Arkansas:

• Starting pay: $12.79 per hour
• Experienced pay: $19.71 per hour

These are hourly figures for cat sitting, not overnight house-sits or dog boarding, and they reflect listed profile pricing on that platform rather than every sitter in the state.

National context (not Arkansas-specific)

To compare service types, two national (not state-level) sources are useful:

• Rover, using its own sitter data as of September 2025 (retrieved 2026-11-12), reports U.S. average dog-sitting prices of $21.80 per drop-in visit, $55.45 for house sitting in the owner's home, and $49.01 for dog boarding in the sitter's home.
• Pet Sitters International's 2024 State of the Industry Survey (retrieved 2026-11-12) reports U.S. average fees of $25.49 for a basic pet-care visit, $25.63 for a dog-walking visit, and $96.99 for an overnight visit.

Those national averages are not Arkansas averages. Local prices still depend on the city, the service, and the sitter.

Finding care in Arkansas

If you are booking or setting rates in Arkansas, use the cited ranges as a starting point and compare with current local listings. KasPaws helps owners find trusted sitters in their area.

Sources

• Pet Care Insurance, “A Guide to Setting the Purr-Fect Cat Sitting Rates,” citing average cat-sitter profile pricing from Care.com: https://www.petcareins.com/blog/how-much-to-charge-for-cat-sitting (published 2024-11-15, retrieved 2026-11-12). Average hourly cat sitting rates by state (starting pay — experienced pay).
• Rover, “How Much Do Dog Sitters Charge?” (national averages from Rover sitter data, as of September 2025): https://www.rover.com/blog/dog-sitting-rates-national/ (retrieved 2026-11-12).
• Pet Sitters International, 2024 State of the Industry Survey (U.S. average fees): https://www.petsit.com/site/get.php?id=46500 (retrieved 2026-11-12).