Administrative Services Managers in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,870
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$23,290
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,019
Arizona costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Arizona — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$101,160
Kept after tax
$77,870
Worth in national money
$77,019
State rank
40
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Arizona. The middle earner gets $101,160. That is 40 of 50 states, and about 11.36% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Arizona this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 57 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $101,160, tax leaves $77,870, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $77,019 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $111,280, since top earners drag the number up.
- For administrative services managers, Arizona sits in the lower band at $101,160, ranking 40 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 11.36%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Arizona publishes a median for, administrative services managers sits 57 of 491 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Arizona sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for administrative services managers — median $101,160 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $77,870 retained, $77,019 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $111,280 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Administrative Services Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $173,720 |
| This salary | $101,160 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Arizona | $77,870 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,996 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,303 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $98,137 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,325 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Arizona earn less than $101,160. The published range is $60,000 up to $173,720, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $77,870 take-home in Arizona comes from $101,160. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 57 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $77,019, the adjusted value of that $101,160 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 57 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for administrative services managers in Arizona the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $60,000 to $173,720. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $77,870, from $101,160, assumes a single Arizona filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 57 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $77,019 — the adjusted value of that $101,160 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 57 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $111,280, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $60,000 and the top tenth $173,720 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Arizona costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $77,019 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Arizona then takes its own share, leaving $77,870.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Arizona is $111,280. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($60,000) and the ninetieth ($173,720) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Arizona's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $77,019 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $77,870 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Arizona income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.