Aircraft Service Attendants in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,665
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$7,115
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,265
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
$43,780
Kept after tax
$36,665
Worth in national money
$36,265
State rank
18
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Arizona pays aircraft service attendants around $43,780 at the midpoint, 18 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 491 occupations Arizona publishes, aircraft service attendants lands at 403. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $43,780, tax leaves $36,665, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $36,265 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $44,870, since top earners drag the number up.
- For aircraft service attendants the Arizona median is $43,780, ranking 18 of 46 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Arizona, this work ranks 403 of 491 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Because Arizona sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for aircraft service attendants — median $43,780 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $36,665 retained, $36,265 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $44,870 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Aircraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $55,010 |
| This salary | $43,780 |
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 | $36,665 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,357 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,179 |
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 | $42,919 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,635 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of aircraft service attendants in Arizona earn under $43,780 and half over. The published range runs $36,510 at the tenth percentile to $55,010 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Arizona's $36,665, worked from $43,780. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 403 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,265, the adjusted value of that $43,780 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 403 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for aircraft service attendants in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,510 to $55,010; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Arizona take-home of $36,665, on $43,780 for work ranking 403 of 491 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 403 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $36,265 — the adjusted value of that $43,780 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 403 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,510 and the top tenth $55,010, so most people doing this work in Arizona sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,265 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 $36,665.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,510 to $55,010) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Arizona rather than a national figure.
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 $36,265 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 $36,665 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.