Baggage Porters and Bellhops in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,185
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$5,555
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,844
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
$36,740
Kept after tax
$31,185
Worth in national money
$30,844
State rank
15
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for baggage porters and bellhops is strong here. Arizona's middle earner gets $36,740, putting the state 15 of 48 — about 0.92% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 491 occupations Arizona publishes, baggage porters and bellhops lands at 459. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $36,740, tax leaves $31,185, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $30,844 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $37,260, since top earners drag the number up.
- For baggage porters and bellhops, Arizona sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $36,740, ranking 15 of 48 and running about 0.92% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Arizona, this work ranks 459 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 baggage porters and bellhops — median $36,740 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $31,185 retained, $30,844 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $37,260 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Baggage Porters and Bellhops
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,490 |
| This salary | $36,740 |
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 | $31,185 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,701 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,778 |
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 | $36,098 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,151 |
| 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 baggage porters and bellhops in Arizona earn under $36,740 and half over. The published range runs $31,350 at the tenth percentile to $45,490 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $31,185 take-home in Arizona comes from $36,740. 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 459 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $30,844 uses one figure for the whole of Arizona. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 491 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 459.
- Figures are distribution medians for baggage porters and bellhops in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,350 to $45,490; 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.
- Retained pay of $31,185, from $36,740, 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 459 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $30,844, worked from $36,740, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Arizona address, on work sitting at 459 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,350 and the top tenth $45,490, so most people doing this work in Arizona sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $30,844 of national purchasing power.
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 $31,185.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,350 to $45,490) 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 $30,844 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 $31,185 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.