Financial Examiners in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,689
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$16,571
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,993
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
$80,260
Kept after tax
$63,689
Worth in national money
$62,993
State rank
35
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Arizona pays financial examiners a middle wage of $80,260, 35 of 49 states and about 14.76% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Arizona. It ranks 108 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Arizona costs about what the country costs, so from $80,260, take-home of $63,689 is worth roughly $62,993 in national money. The average comes to $89,490, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Arizona's $80,260 median for financial examiners places it 35 of 49 states, about 14.76% 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.
- Within Arizona, financial examiners ranks 108 of 491 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Price parity in Arizona is near the national base, so for financial examiners, whose median is $80,260, the adjusted figure of $62,993 differs little from $63,689 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $89,490 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Financial Examiners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,300 |
| This salary | $80,260 |
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 | $63,689 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,293 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,198 |
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 | $77,980 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,799 |
| 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 financial examiners in Arizona earn under $80,260 and half over. The published range runs $60,000 at the tenth percentile to $129,300 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Arizona the take-home figure of $63,689, from $80,260, 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 108 of 491 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $62,993, the adjusted value of that $80,260 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 108 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for financial examiners in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $60,000 to $129,300; 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.
- Take-home for Arizona is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $63,689 from $80,260. 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 108 of 491 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $62,993 — the adjusted value of that $80,260 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 108 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 $89,490, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $60,000, the highest tenth $129,300, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $62,993 of national purchasing power.
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 $63,689 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 49 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 $89,490. 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 ($60,000) and the ninetieth ($129,300) 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 $62,993 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 $63,689 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.