Financial Specialists, All Other in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,313
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$16,867
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,610
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
$81,180
Kept after tax
$64,313
Worth in national money
$63,610
State rank
17
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Arizona is 17 of 50 states for financial specialists, all other, with a middle wage of $81,180. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Arizona this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, financial specialists, all other ranks 106 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Arizona costs about what the country costs, so from $81,180, take-home of $64,313 is worth roughly $63,610 in national money. The average comes to $92,100, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Arizona ranks 17 of 50 for financial specialists, all other at $81,180. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Arizona publishes a median for, financial specialists, all other sits 106 of 491 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Arizona is near the national base, so for financial specialists, all other, whose median is $81,180, the adjusted figure of $63,610 differs little from $64,313 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $92,100 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Financial Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $135,950 |
| This salary | $81,180 |
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 | $64,313 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,940 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,247 |
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 | $78,867 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,866 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Arizona earn less than $81,180. The published range is $61,440 up to $135,950, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Arizona the take-home figure of $64,313, from $81,180, 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 106 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 $63,610, the adjusted value of that $81,180 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 106 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for financial specialists, all other in Arizona the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $61,440 to $135,950. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Arizona is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $64,313 from $81,180. 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 106 of 491 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $63,610 — the adjusted value of that $81,180 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 106 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 $92,100 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 $61,440 and the top tenth $135,950 — 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 $63,610 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, $64,313 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $92,100. 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 ($61,440) and the ninetieth ($135,950) 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 $63,610 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 $64,313 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.