Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,128
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$15,832
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,449
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
$77,960
Kept after tax
$62,128
Worth in national money
$61,449
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Arizona pays this job around $77,960 at the midpoint, 25 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Arizona reports, this job comes in at 120 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Arizona costs about what the country costs, so from $77,960, take-home of $62,128 is worth roughly $61,449 in national money. The average comes to $78,830, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians the Arizona median is $77,960, ranking 25 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.
- Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians ranks 120 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 electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians, whose median is $77,960, the adjusted figure of $61,449 differs little from $62,128 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $78,830 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,170 |
| This salary | $77,960 |
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 | $62,128 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,675 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,077 |
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 | $75,762 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,631 |
| 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 electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians in Arizona earn under $77,960 and half over. The published range runs $54,480 at the tenth percentile to $103,170 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 $62,128, worked from $77,960. 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 120 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $61,449 uses one figure for the whole of Arizona. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 491 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 120.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $54,480 to $103,170; 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 $62,128, on $77,960 for work ranking 120 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 120 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $61,449, worked from $77,960, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Arizona address, on work sitting at 120 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $54,480 at the tenth percentile, $103,170 at the ninetieth.
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 $61,449 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Arizona adds its own income tax on top — which is why $62,128 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($54,480 to $103,170) 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 $61,449 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 $62,128 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.