Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,405
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$15,015
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,745
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
$75,420
Kept after tax
$60,405
Worth in national money
$59,745
State rank
51
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 $75,420, 51 of 51 states and about 20.88% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 136 among 491 occupations Arizona publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Arizona costs about what the country costs, so from $75,420, take-home of $60,405 is worth roughly $59,745 in national money. The average comes to $83,210, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Arizona's $75,420 median for electrical power-line installers and repairers places it 51 of 51 states, about 20.88% 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.
- Position 136 of 491 in Arizona places electrical power-line installers and repairers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Arizona is near the national base, so for electrical power-line installers and repairers, whose median is $75,420, the adjusted figure of $59,745 differs little from $60,405 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $83,210 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,300 |
| This salary | $75,420 |
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 | $60,405 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,888 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,942 |
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 | $73,312 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,446 |
| 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 power-line installers and repairers in Arizona earn under $75,420 and half over. The published range runs $48,760 at the tenth percentile to $124,300 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $60,405 take-home in Arizona comes from $75,420. 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 136 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $59,745, the adjusted value of that $75,420 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 136 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical power-line installers and repairers in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,760 to $124,300; 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 $60,405, from $75,420, 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 136 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 51 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $59,745 — the adjusted value of that $75,420 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 136 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $83,210 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $48,760 and the top tenth $124,300 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $59,745 of national purchasing power.
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 $60,405.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $83,210. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($48,760) and the ninetieth ($124,300) 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 $59,745 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 $60,405 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.