Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,443
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$6,767
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,056
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
$42,210
Kept after tax
$35,443
Worth in national money
$35,056
State rank
45
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Arizona pays this job a middle wage of $42,210, 45 of 48 states and about 14.07% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Arizona this is lower-paid work. Of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 413. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Arizona costs about what the country costs, so from $42,210, take-home of $35,443 is worth roughly $35,056 in national money. The average comes to $45,420, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Arizona's $42,210 median for insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall places it 45 of 48 states, about 14.07% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Arizona reports, insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall ranks 413 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.
- Price parity in Arizona is near the national base, so for insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall, whose median is $42,210, the adjusted figure of $35,056 differs little from $35,443 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $45,420 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,210 |
| This salary | $42,210 |
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 | $35,443 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,096 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,089 |
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 | $41,398 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,527 |
| 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 insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall in Arizona earn under $42,210 and half over. The published range runs $36,960 at the tenth percentile to $61,210 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Arizona the take-home figure of $35,443, from $42,210, 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 413 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $35,056, the adjusted value of that $42,210 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 413 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,960 to $61,210; 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.
- Take-home for Arizona is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $35,443 from $42,210. 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 413 of 491 locally.
- This $35,056 adjusted figure, worked from $42,210, 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 413 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 413 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $45,420, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,960 at the bottom tenth to $61,210 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 $35,056 rather than its face figure.
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 $35,443.
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.
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 $45,420. 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 ($36,960 to $61,210) 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 $35,056 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 $35,443 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.