Cashiers in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,519
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$5,081
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,196
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
$34,600
Kept after tax
$29,519
Worth in national money
$29,196
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for cashiers is strong here. Arizona's middle earner gets $34,600, putting the state 15 of 51 — about 5.23% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in Arizona, this one sits low: 483 of 491 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $34,600, tax leaves $29,519, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $29,196 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $35,400, since top earners drag the number up.
- For cashiers, Arizona sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $34,600, ranking 15 of 51 and running about 5.23% 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.
- Cashiers occupies position 483 of 491 in Arizona's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Because Arizona sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for cashiers — median $34,600 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $29,519 retained, $29,196 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $35,400 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Cashiers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $39,500 |
| This salary | $34,600 |
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 | $29,519 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,981 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,657 |
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 | $34,024 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,004 |
| 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 cashiers in Arizona earn under $34,600 and half over. The published range runs $31,020 at the tenth percentile to $39,500 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 $29,519, worked from $34,600. 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 483 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $29,196 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 483.
- Figures are distribution medians for cashiers in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,020 to $39,500; 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 $29,519, on $34,600 for work ranking 483 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 483 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $29,196, worked from $34,600, 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 483 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,020 at the tenth percentile, $39,500 at the ninetieth.
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 $29,196 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Arizona adds its own income tax on top — which is why $29,519 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,020 to $39,500) 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 $29,196 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 $29,519 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.