Dietetic Technicians in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,370
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$7,600
16.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,951
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
$45,970
Kept after tax
$38,370
Worth in national money
$37,951
State rank
7
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dietetic technicians is strong here. Arizona's middle earner gets $45,970, putting the state 7 of 45 — about 22.13% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 491 occupations Arizona publishes, dietetic technicians lands at 370. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $45,970, tax leaves $38,370, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $37,951 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $53,080, since top earners drag the number up.
- For dietetic technicians, Arizona sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $45,970, ranking 7 of 45 and running about 22.13% 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.
- Within Arizona, this work ranks 370 of 491 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Because Arizona sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for dietetic technicians — median $45,970 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $38,370 retained, $37,951 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $53,080 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Dietetic Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,900 |
| This salary | $45,970 |
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 | $38,370 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,117 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,303 |
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 | $45,041 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,786 |
| 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 dietetic technicians in Arizona earn under $45,970 and half over. The published range runs $37,360 at the tenth percentile to $58,900 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 $38,370, worked from $45,970. 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 370 of 491.
- Two cautions on $37,951, the adjusted value of that $45,970 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 370 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for dietetic technicians in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,360 to $58,900; 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 $38,370, on $45,970 for work ranking 370 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 370 of 491 in the state.
- This $37,951 adjusted figure, worked from $45,970, 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 370 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 370 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 $53,080, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,360 and the top tenth $58,900, so most people doing this work in Arizona sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $37,951 — 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 $38,370.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $53,080. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,360 to $58,900) 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 $37,951 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 $38,370 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.