Local Nerd jobs in Texarkana & Southwest Arkansas
Become a Local Nerd in Texarkana.
Texarkana is one town in two states, and our miles don't stop at State Line Avenue. The market is measured from downtown Texarkana: Ashdown, Fouke and Garland City, and out to Hope, Nashville, De Queen and Prescott. If you live in Miller County or across the line in Bowie County, this is the market you'd apply to.
- Bookings come through the Nerd HQ app
- Independent contractor, 1099
- You set your own availability
- Typically $47 to $87 an hour
The ground you'd cover.
Distances are measured from downtown Texarkana. The towns below sit in Miller, Little River, Hempstead, Sevier, Howard and Lafayette counties. Every market reaches 75 miles from its downtown in three travel bands, and the farther bands pay a higher hourly rate because the drive is longer. You choose which bands you take, and you can change it later.
Within 25 miles
Texarkana, TX, Nash, TX, Genoa, Texarkana, Ogden, Fouke, Redwater, TX, Hooks, TX, Ashdown, Maud, TX, Fulton, Garland City, Queen City, TX, Bloomburg, TX, Wilton, New Boston, TX, Doddridge, Saratoga, Atlanta, TX.
25 to 50 miles
Douglassville, TX, Lewisville, Ben Lomond, Columbus, Alleene, Foreman, Hope, Mineral Springs, Washington, Simms, TX, Stamps, Bradley, Bivins, TX, De Kalb, TX, Mc Leod, TX, Lockesburg and 15 more nearby towns.
50 to 75 miles
Cookville, TX.
Not sure which market your town belongs to? Apply for the city nearest you and tell us where you live. The markets overlap on purpose, and you tell us which queues you want bookings from. What customers here are told is on the Texarkana page.
What the work looks like here.
One town, two states, two area codes, and our miles don't stop at the line. Older brick near downtown and newer houses out Richmond Road in the close band; I-30 carries the longer runs to Hope and Prescott, and US-71 north to Ashdown, De Queen and the Howard County end. Those drives pay the higher band rates.
You keep the majority of every booking, and every tip is yours. You see the split up front. Tips are paid out weekly, in full.
You set your own availability. Open the times that suit you in Nerd HQ. A few evenings a week or full time, that part is your call.
Bookings come through the Nerd HQ app. Customers book the open time you publish, with buffer time built in around each visit.
Nobody negotiates money at the door. Every booking takes a deposit up front and holds the card. The customer signs off on your phone at the end and the rest charges itself.
You're independent. Your own tools, any reliable and presentable vehicle, and free to work elsewhere whenever you like.
You have a team behind you. You get the Nerd HQ app, a direct line to HQ, a team that meets over video, and other Local Nerds to ask when something's strange.
Questions people in Texarkana ask.
Would I work the Texas side?
Yes, if you live near it. The miles are measured from downtown Texarkana, so the state line doesn't change the travel band.
Is this ArkieNerd or something else?
ArkieNerd is the name customers here see. It is a Nerd Dispatch brand: one company, one Nerd HQ app, one pay scale and one desk taking the calls.
One form, then a real conversation.
Apply online. About five minutes. No resume needed.
We read it. A real person reads every application, and if it looks like a fit, we reach out.
A short pre-screen on your phone. Two quick videos and one typed answer, about fifteen minutes. A person watches every one.
A thirty-minute video call. To meet you and walk through the role together.
Background check, and we pay for it. Only after we've talked. You enter your details with the screening provider, never with us.
Onboarding, and you're live. Your Nerd HQ account, your hours and a short orientation, then your first booking.
The full picture, including the map of every market, is on the Become a Local Nerd page.
Local Nerd jobs in other markets.
This page describes an independent contractor opportunity and is not an offer of employment. Local Nerds are independent contractors, not employees: you set your own availability, use your own tools and vehicle, and are free to work elsewhere. Compensation is a revenue share paid on completed bookings. Nothing on this page guarantees any level of income or booking volume, in this market or any other.