Food Batchmakers in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,151
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$6,399
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,777
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
$40,550
Kept after tax
$34,151
Worth in national money
$33,777
State rank
22
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Arizona sits in the middle of the pack for food batchmakers. The median is $40,550, ranking 22 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Arizona, this one sits low: 422 of 491 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $40,550, tax leaves $34,151, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $33,777 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $42,350, since top earners drag the number up.
- Arizona occupies the middle band for food batchmakers: a median of $40,550, ranking 22 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Food batchmakers occupies position 422 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.
- Because Arizona sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for food batchmakers — median $40,550 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $34,151 retained, $33,777 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $42,350 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Food Batchmakers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,370 |
| This salary | $40,550 |
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 | $34,151 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,762 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,995 |
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 | $39,789 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,413 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $40,550 as a midpoint for Arizona, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,190 and the ninetieth is $58,370 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $34,151 take-home in Arizona comes from $40,550. 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 422 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $33,777, the adjusted value of that $40,550 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 422 of 491 in the state.
- The Arizona median of $40,550 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,190 to $58,370. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $34,151, from $40,550, 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 422 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 22 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $33,777 — the adjusted value of that $40,550 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 422 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 $42,350 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 $32,190 at the bottom tenth to $58,370 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 $33,777 rather than its face figure.
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, $34,151 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $42,350. 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 ($32,190 to $58,370) 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 $33,777 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 $34,151 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.