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title: "Average Salary in Phoenix, AZ"
description: "Mean $69,630, median $51,380 in the Phoenix metro area (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices and top jobs."
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last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metropolitan statistical area. Mean annual wage $69,630, median $51,380 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025, 2,375,760 jobs. Median at national-average prices: $49,730.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $34,800 |
| 25th | $38,780 |
| 50th | $51,380 |
| 75th | $79,220 |
| 90th | $125,130 |

| Price level (BEA RPP 2024, US = 100) | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 103.3 |
| Housing (rents) | 121.2 |
| Goods | 95.0 |
| Utilities | 93.3 |
| Other services | 104.0 |

## Highest-paying jobs (mean annual wage)

- [Airline Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/airline-pilot): $237,520
- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician): $230,980
- [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive): $198,290
- [Computer and Information Research Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-and-information-research-scientist): $195,400
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $187,930
- [Veterinarian](https://nuecareer.com/careers/veterinarian): $186,850
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $181,940
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $174,740
- [Economics Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/economics-teacher-postsecondary): $166,780
- [Financial Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-manager): $164,050

Occupation pay is the OEWS May 2025 metro mean as published in the DOL OFLC 2026–27 wage file (metro-level estimates only).

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