Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,373
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$22,107
22.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,549
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
$97,480
Kept after tax
$75,373
Worth in national money
$74,549
State rank
41
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Arizona pays this job a middle wage of $97,480, 41 of 51 states and about 7.92% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Arizona reports, this job comes in at 77 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Arizona costs about what the country costs, so from $97,480, take-home of $75,373 is worth roughly $74,549 in national money. The average lands at $96,790, below the middle of the range.
- Arizona's $97,480 median for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary places it 41 of 51 states, about 7.92% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary ranks 77 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.
- Price parity in Arizona is near the national base, so for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary, whose median is $97,480, the adjusted figure of $74,549 differs little from $75,373 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $96,790 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $128,320 |
| This salary | $97,480 |
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 | $75,373 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,407 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,109 |
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 | $94,588 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,057 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $97,480 as a midpoint for Arizona, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $62,690 and the ninetieth is $128,320 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Arizona the take-home figure of $75,373, from $97,480, 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 77 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $74,549, the adjusted value of that $97,480 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 77 of 491 locally.
- The Arizona median of $97,480 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $62,690 to $128,320. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Arizona is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $75,373 from $97,480. 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 77 of 491 locally.
- This $74,549 adjusted figure, worked from $97,480, 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 77 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 77 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $62,690 and the top tenth $128,320, so most people doing this work in Arizona sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $74,549 of national purchasing power.
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, $75,373 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($62,690 to $128,320) 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 $74,549 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 $75,373 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.