Database Administrators in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,986
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$24,294
23.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,112
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
$104,280
Kept after tax
$79,986
Worth in national money
$79,112
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Arizona is 19 of 51 states for database administrators, with a middle wage of $104,280. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Arizona reports, database administrators comes in at 45 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $104,280 the take-home is $79,986, which is worth about $79,112 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $104,750, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Arizona ranks 19 of 51 for database administrators at $104,280. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Database administrators ranks 45 of 491 occupations by median in Arizona, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Arizona's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for database administrators on its $104,280 median: $79,986 retained after tax becomes $79,112 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $104,750 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Database Administrators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $155,290 |
| This salary | $104,280 |
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 | $79,986 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,191 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,468 |
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 | $101,146 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,553 |
| 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 database administrators in Arizona earn under $104,280 and half over. The published range runs $59,120 at the tenth percentile to $155,290 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $79,986 take-home in Arizona comes from $104,280. 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 45 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $79,112, the adjusted value of that $104,280 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 45 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for database administrators in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $59,120 to $155,290; 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 $79,986, from $104,280, 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 45 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $79,112 — the adjusted value of that $104,280 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 45 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $59,120 at the bottom tenth to $155,290 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $79,112 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $79,986.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($59,120) and the ninetieth ($155,290) 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 $79,112 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 $79,986 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.