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title: "Average Salary in Arizona"
description: "Mean $67,620, median $50,060 in Arizona (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/arizona"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Arizona

Mean annual wage $67,620, median $50,060 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $49,720 (rank 47 of 51 by that measure; rank 25 nominal).

| Percentile | Arizona | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $34,190 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $38,160 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $50,060 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $77,830 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $120,180 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 100.7 |
| Housing (rents) | 106.8 |
| Goods | 95.4 |
| Utilities | 92.3 |
| Other services | 102.8 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Management | $107,740 | 256,340 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $103,440 | 106,120 |
| Architecture and Engineering | $96,970 | 53,130 |
| Legal | $96,000 | 23,160 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $92,500 | 210,400 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $80,120 | 23,520 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $77,920 | 223,420 |
| Construction and Extraction | $58,020 | 174,450 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $57,290 | 140,870 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $56,710 | 33,230 |
| Community and Social Service | $52,680 | 49,550 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $50,960 | 151,520 |
| Protective Service | $50,810 | 89,230 |
| Production | $47,240 | 127,360 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $47,190 | 402,730 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $44,950 | 271,740 |
| Healthcare Support | $38,620 | 146,920 |
| Sales | $38,320 | 304,220 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $37,570 | 91,890 |
| Personal Care and Service | $36,790 | 68,460 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $36,190 | 281,710 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $35,250 | 9,480 |

## Most common jobs

- [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager): 110,480 workers
- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson): 93,920 workers
- [Customer Service Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/customer-service-representative): 87,020 workers
- [Fast Food and Counter Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-worker): 77,210 workers
- [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse): 73,150 workers
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier): 72,570 workers
- [Laborer and Freight, Stock, and Material Mover, Hand](https://nuecareer.com/careers/laborer-and-freight-stock-and-material-mover-hand): 71,090 workers
- [Stocker and Order Filler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stocker-and-order-filler): 57,510 workers
- [Server](https://nuecareer.com/careers/server): 55,950 workers
- [Office Clerk, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/office-clerk-general): 52,710 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $312,490 median
- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $292,760 median
- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician): $259,320 median
- [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general): $233,950 median
- [Airline Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/airline-pilot): $227,870 median
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $194,180 median
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $167,480 median
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $166,430 median
- [Computer Hardware Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-hardware-engineer): $158,280 median
- [Database Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/database-architect): $156,100 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Continuous Mining Machine Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/continuous-mining-machine-operator): 9.76x the national share
- [Plasterer and Stucco Mason](https://nuecareer.com/careers/plasterer-and-stucco-mason): 4.76x the national share
- [Real Estate Broker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/real-estate-broker): 3.95x the national share
- [Semiconductor Processing Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/semiconductor-processing-technician): 3.46x the national share
- [Structural Iron and Steel Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/structural-iron-and-steel-worker): 2.80x the national share
- [Mechanical Door Repairer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/mechanical-door-repairer): 2.73x the national share
- [Psychiatric Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/psychiatric-technician): 2.49x the national share
- [Demonstrator and Product Promoter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/demonstrator-and-product-promoter): 2.33x the national share
- [Aerospace Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/aerospace-engineer): 2.21x the national share
- [Detective and Criminal Investigator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/detective-and-criminal-investigator): 2.20x the national share

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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