Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,444
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$10,466
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,914
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
$58,910
Kept after tax
$48,444
Worth in national money
$47,914
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Arizona pays this job around $58,910 at the midpoint, 23 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Arizona, this sits in the middle: 241 of 491 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $58,910, tax leaves $48,444, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $47,914 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $59,530, since top earners drag the number up.
- For cement masons and concrete finishers the Arizona median is $58,910, ranking 23 of 51 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.
- Cement masons and concrete finishers ranks 241 of 491 occupations in Arizona by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Because Arizona sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for cement masons and concrete finishers — median $58,910 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $48,444 retained, $47,914 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $59,530 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,750 |
| This salary | $58,910 |
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 | $48,444 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,514 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,039 |
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 | $57,578 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,676 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $58,910 as a midpoint for Arizona, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,580 and the ninetieth is $76,750 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Arizona's $48,444, worked from $58,910. 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 241 of 491.
- Two cautions on $47,914, the adjusted value of that $58,910 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Arizona. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 241 of 491 locally.
- The Arizona median of $58,910 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,580 to $76,750. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Arizona take-home of $48,444, on $58,910 for work ranking 241 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 241 of 491 in the state.
- This $47,914 adjusted figure, worked from $58,910, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 241 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 241 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $47,580 at the tenth percentile, $76,750 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 $47,914 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 $48,444.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,580 to $76,750) 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 $47,914 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 $48,444 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.