Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,038
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$6,652
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,655
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
$41,690
Kept after tax
$35,038
Worth in national money
$34,655
State rank
46
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Arizona is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $41,690, ranking 46 of 50 states — about 23.1% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Arizona, this one sits low: 415 of 491 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $41,690 the take-home is $35,038, which is worth about $34,655 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $45,710, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Arizona ranks 46 of 50 for eligibility interviewers, government programs, with a median of $41,690 — about 23.1% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Eligibility interviewers, government programs occupies position 415 of 491 in Arizona's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Arizona's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for eligibility interviewers, government programs on its $41,690 median: $35,038 retained after tax becomes $34,655 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $45,710 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,190 |
| This salary | $41,690 |
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 | $35,038 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,678 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,060 |
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 | $40,894 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,491 |
| 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 eligibility interviewers, government programs in Arizona earn under $41,690 and half over. The published range runs $38,720 at the tenth percentile to $59,190 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $35,038 take-home in Arizona comes from $41,690. 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 415 of 491.
- Two cautions on $34,655, the adjusted value of that $41,690 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 415 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for eligibility interviewers, government programs in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,720 to $59,190; 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 $35,038, from $41,690, 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 415 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 50 for it.
- This $34,655 adjusted figure, worked from $41,690, 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 415 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 415 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 $45,710 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,720 at the bottom tenth to $59,190 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 $34,655 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 $35,038 of this wage survives to your account.
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 50 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 $45,710. 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 ($38,720 to $59,190) 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 $34,655 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 $35,038 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.