Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$81,405
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$24,965
23.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,515
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
$106,370
Kept after tax
$81,405
Worth in national money
$80,515
State rank
22
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Arizona sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $106,370, ranking 22 of 45 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Arizona this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 42 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $106,370 the take-home is $81,405, which is worth about $80,515 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $112,960, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Arizona occupies the middle band for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors: a median of $106,370, ranking 22 of 45. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Arizona publishes a median for, health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors sits 42 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.
- Arizona's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors on its $106,370 median: $81,405 retained after tax becomes $80,515 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $112,960 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $106,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $161,580 |
| This salary | $106,370 |
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 | $81,405 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,661 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,579 |
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 | $103,162 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,706 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $106,370 as a midpoint for Arizona, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $79,950 and the ninetieth is $161,580 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Arizona the take-home figure of $81,405, from $106,370, 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 42 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $80,515, the adjusted value of that $106,370 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 42 of 491 locally.
- The Arizona median of $106,370 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $79,950 to $161,580. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Arizona is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $81,405 from $106,370. 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 42 of 491 locally.
- This $80,515 adjusted figure, worked from $106,370, 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 42 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 42 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $112,960, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $79,950 and the top tenth $161,580 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Arizona run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $80,515 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Arizona adds its own income tax on top — which is why $81,405 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 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 $112,960. 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 ($79,950) and the ninetieth ($161,580) 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 $80,515 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 $81,405 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.