First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,107
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$11,793
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,527
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
$64,900
Kept after tax
$53,107
Worth in national money
$52,527
State rank
12
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Arizona is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $64,900, which ranks 12 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 9.41% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Arizona reports figures for, this is number 180.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $64,900 the take-home is $53,107, which is worth about $52,527 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $68,730, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Arizona ranks 12 of 48 states publishing a median for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers, at $64,900 — about 9.41% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Arizona's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers sits at 180 of 491 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Arizona's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers on its $64,900 median: $53,107 retained after tax becomes $52,527 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $68,730 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,930 |
| This salary | $64,900 |
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 | $53,107 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,327 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,380 |
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 | $63,382 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,087 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers in Arizona earn under $64,900 and half over. The published range runs $44,210 at the tenth percentile to $94,930 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 $53,107, worked from $64,900. 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 180 of 491.
- Two cautions on $52,527, the adjusted value of that $64,900 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 180 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,210 to $94,930; 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 $53,107, on $64,900 for work ranking 180 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 180 of 491 in the state.
- This $52,527 adjusted figure, worked from $64,900, 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 180 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 180 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 $68,730, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $44,210 at the bottom tenth to $94,930 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $52,527 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, $53,107 remains.
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 48 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 $68,730. 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 ($44,210) and the ninetieth ($94,930) 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 $52,527 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 $53,107 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.