Helpers--Electricians in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,922
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$7,188
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,519
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
$44,110
Kept after tax
$36,922
Worth in national money
$36,519
State rank
22
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Arizona is 22 of 47 states for helpers--electricians, with a middle wage of $44,110. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Arizona this is lower-paid work. Of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, helpers--electricians ranks 399. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $44,110 the take-home is $36,922, which is worth about $36,519 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $44,900, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Arizona ranks 22 of 47 for helpers--electricians at $44,110. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Arizona reports, helpers--electricians ranks 399 of 491, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Arizona's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for helpers--electricians on its $44,110 median: $36,922 retained after tax becomes $36,519 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $44,900 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Helpers--Electricians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,160 |
| This salary | $44,110 |
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 | $36,922 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,622 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,198 |
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 | $43,239 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,658 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,110 as a midpoint for Arizona, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,030 and the ninetieth is $56,160 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $36,922 take-home in Arizona comes from $44,110. 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 399 of 491.
- Two cautions on $36,519, the adjusted value of that $44,110 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 399 of 491 locally.
- The Arizona median of $44,110 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,030 to $56,160. 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 $36,922, from $44,110, 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 399 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 22 of 47 for it.
- This $36,519 adjusted figure, worked from $44,110, 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 399 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 399 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,030 at the bottom tenth to $56,160 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 $36,519 rather than its face figure.
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 $36,922 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 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,030 to $56,160) 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 $36,519 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 $36,922 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.