Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,943
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$8,047
16.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,506
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
$47,990
Kept after tax
$39,943
Worth in national money
$39,506
State rank
5
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Arizona pays this job a middle wage of $47,990, ranking 5 of 48 states and sitting about 13.29% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 328 among 491 occupations Arizona publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $47,990, tax leaves $39,943, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $39,506 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $47,790.
- Arizona's median for helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters is $47,990, about 13.29% above the national figure and 5 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 328 of 491 in Arizona places helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 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 helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters — median $47,990 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $39,943 retained, $39,506 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $47,790 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,210 |
| This salary | $47,990 |
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 | $39,943 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,740 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,418 |
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 | $46,998 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,925 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,990 as a midpoint for Arizona, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,820 and the ninetieth is $60,210 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Arizona's $39,943, worked from $47,990. 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 328 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,506, the adjusted value of that $47,990 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 328 of 491 in the state.
- The Arizona median of $47,990 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,820 to $60,210. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Arizona take-home of $39,943, on $47,990 for work ranking 328 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 328 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $39,506 — the adjusted value of that $47,990 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 328 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,820 at the bottom tenth to $60,210 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 $39,506 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 $39,943.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,820 to $60,210) 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 $39,506 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 $39,943 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.