Hazardous Materials Removal Workers in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,920
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$8,610
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,462
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
$50,530
Kept after tax
$41,920
Worth in national money
$41,462
State rank
18
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Arizona sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $50,530, ranking 18 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Arizona, this sits in the middle: 292 of 491 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $50,530 the take-home is $41,920, which is worth about $41,462 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $49,090, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Arizona occupies the middle band for hazardous materials removal workers: a median of $50,530, ranking 18 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Hazardous materials removal workers ranks 292 of 491 occupations in Arizona by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Arizona's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for hazardous materials removal workers on its $50,530 median: $41,920 retained after tax becomes $41,462 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $49,090 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,650 |
| This salary | $50,530 |
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 | $41,920 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,781 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,563 |
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 | $49,459 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,099 |
| 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 hazardous materials removal workers in Arizona earn under $50,530 and half over. The published range runs $34,410 at the tenth percentile to $60,650 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $41,920 take-home in Arizona comes from $50,530. 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 292 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,462, the adjusted value of that $50,530 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 292 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for hazardous materials removal workers in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,410 to $60,650; 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.
- Retained pay of $41,920, from $50,530, 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 292 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $41,462 — the adjusted value of that $50,530 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 292 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,410 at the bottom tenth to $60,650 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $41,462 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, $41,920 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,410 to $60,650) 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 $41,462 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 $41,920 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.