Compliance Officers in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,066
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$14,854
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,409
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
$74,920
Kept after tax
$60,066
Worth in national money
$59,409
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Arizona sits in the middle of the pack for compliance officers. The median is $74,920, ranking 34 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Compliance officers ranks 142 among 491 occupations Arizona publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $74,920, tax leaves $60,066, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $59,409 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $82,240, since top earners drag the number up.
- Arizona occupies the middle band for compliance officers: a median of $74,920, ranking 34 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 142 of 491 in Arizona places compliance officers 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 compliance officers — median $74,920 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $60,066 retained, $59,409 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $82,240 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Compliance Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,620 |
| This salary | $74,920 |
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 | $60,066 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,536 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,916 |
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 | $72,830 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,409 |
| 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 compliance officers in Arizona earn under $74,920 and half over. The published range runs $47,630 at the tenth percentile to $132,620 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Arizona the take-home figure of $60,066, from $74,920, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 142 of 491 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $59,409, the adjusted value of that $74,920 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 142 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for compliance officers in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,630 to $132,620; 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.
- Take-home for Arizona is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $60,066 from $74,920. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 142 of 491 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $59,409 — the adjusted value of that $74,920 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 142 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 $82,240, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $47,630 and the top tenth $132,620 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $59,409 — 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, $60,066 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $82,240. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($47,630) and the ninetieth ($132,620) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $59,409 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 $60,066 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.