First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,961
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$15,279
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,295
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
$76,240
Kept after tax
$60,961
Worth in national money
$60,295
State rank
42
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Arizona. The middle earner gets $76,240. That is 42 of 51 states, and about 4.53% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 134 among 491 occupations Arizona publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $76,240, tax leaves $60,961, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $60,295 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $79,000, since top earners drag the number up.
- For first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers, Arizona sits in the lower band at $76,240, ranking 42 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 4.53%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 134 of 491 in Arizona places first-line supervisors of mechanics, 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.
- Because Arizona sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers — median $76,240 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $60,961 retained, $60,295 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $79,000 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $119,960 |
| This salary | $76,240 |
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 | $60,961 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,465 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,986 |
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 | $74,103 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,505 |
| 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 $76,240. The published range is $45,640 up to $119,960, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Arizona's $60,961, worked from $76,240. 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 134 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $60,295, the adjusted value of that $76,240 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 134 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers in Arizona the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,640 to $119,960. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Arizona take-home of $60,961, on $76,240 for work ranking 134 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 134 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $60,295 — the adjusted value of that $76,240 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 134 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 $79,000 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 $45,640 and the top tenth $119,960 — 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 $60,295 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 $60,961.
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 $79,000. 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 ($45,640) and the ninetieth ($119,960) 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 $60,295 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 $60,961 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.