Information and Record Clerks, All Other in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,619
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$7,671
16.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,197
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
$46,290
Kept after tax
$38,619
Worth in national money
$38,197
State rank
40
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Arizona. The middle earner gets $46,290. That is 40 of 50 states, and about 6.48% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Arizona reports figures for, this is number 364.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $46,290, tax leaves $38,619, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $38,197 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $48,580, since top earners drag the number up.
- For information and record clerks, all other, Arizona sits in the lower band at $46,290, ranking 40 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 6.48%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Arizona's occupational distribution, information and record clerks, all other sits at 364 of 491 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Arizona sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for information and record clerks, all other — median $46,290 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $38,619 retained, $38,197 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $48,580 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Information and Record Clerks, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,440 |
| This salary | $46,290 |
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 | $38,619 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,374 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,321 |
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 | $45,351 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,808 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Arizona earn less than $46,290. The published range is $35,210 up to $64,440, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $38,619 take-home in Arizona comes from $46,290. 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 364 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $38,197 uses one figure for the whole of Arizona. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 491 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 364.
- Reported values are medians; for information and record clerks, all other in Arizona the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,210 to $64,440. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $38,619, from $46,290, 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 364 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $38,197, worked from $46,290, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Arizona address, on work sitting at 364 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 $48,580, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,210 at the bottom tenth to $64,440 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 $38,197 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 $38,619.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $48,580. 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 ($35,210 to $64,440) 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 $38,197 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 $38,619 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.