Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,110
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$22,930
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,267
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
$100,040
Kept after tax
$77,110
Worth in national money
$76,267
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Arizona pays this job around $100,040 at the midpoint, 21 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Arizona this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 66 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $100,040, tax leaves $77,110, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $76,267 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $99,050.
- For diagnostic medical sonographers the Arizona median is $100,040, ranking 21 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Arizona publishes a median for, diagnostic medical sonographers sits 66 of 491 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Arizona sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for diagnostic medical sonographers — median $100,040 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $77,110 retained, $76,267 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $99,050 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $74,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,510 |
| This salary | $100,040 |
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 | $77,110 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,208 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,244 |
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 | $97,057 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,243 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $100,040 as a midpoint for Arizona, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $74,010 and the ninetieth is $127,510 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $77,110 take-home in Arizona comes from $100,040. 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 66 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $76,267, the adjusted value of that $100,040 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 66 of 491 in the state.
- The Arizona median of $100,040 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $74,010 to $127,510. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $77,110, from $100,040, 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 66 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $76,267 — the adjusted value of that $100,040 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 66 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $74,010 at the bottom tenth to $127,510 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $76,267 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 $77,110.
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 ($74,010 to $127,510) 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 $76,267 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 $77,110 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.