Carpet Installers in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,888
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$8,032
16.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,452
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
$47,920
Kept after tax
$39,888
Worth in national money
$39,452
State rank
33
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for carpet installers is on the low side in Arizona. The middle earner gets $47,920. That is 33 of 45 states, and about 4.81% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Carpet installers ranks 334 among 491 occupations Arizona publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $47,920, tax leaves $39,888, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $39,452 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $51,770, since top earners drag the number up.
- For carpet installers, Arizona sits in the lower band at $47,920, ranking 33 of 45 and trailing the national median by about 4.81%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 334 of 491 in Arizona places carpet installers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Because Arizona sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for carpet installers — median $47,920 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $39,888 retained, $39,452 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $51,770 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Carpet Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,610 |
| This salary | $47,920 |
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 | $39,888 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,684 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,414 |
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 | $46,930 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,920 |
| 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 carpet installers in Arizona earn under $47,920 and half over. The published range runs $43,780 at the tenth percentile to $56,610 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,888 take-home in Arizona comes from $47,920. 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 334 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,452, the adjusted value of that $47,920 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 334 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for carpet installers in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,780 to $56,610; 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 $39,888, from $47,920, 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 334 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $39,452 — the adjusted value of that $47,920 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 334 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $51,770, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $43,780 at the tenth percentile, $56,610 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Arizona run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $39,452 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Arizona's own levy, $39,888 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $51,770. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,780 to $56,610) 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 $39,452 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 $39,888 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.