Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,062
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$7,228
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,657
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
$44,290
Kept after tax
$37,062
Worth in national money
$36,657
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Arizona is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $44,290, which ranks 12 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 10.06% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Arizona, this one sits low: 396 of 491 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $44,290 the take-home is $37,062, which is worth about $36,657 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $44,190, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Arizona ranks 12 of 51 states publishing a median for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand, at $44,290 — about 10.06% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand occupies position 396 of 491 in Arizona's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Arizona's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand on its $44,290 median: $37,062 retained after tax becomes $36,657 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $44,190 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,810 |
| This salary | $44,290 |
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 | $37,062 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,767 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,208 |
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 | $43,413 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,670 |
| 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 $44,290. The published range is $34,620 up to $57,810, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $37,062 take-home in Arizona comes from $44,290. 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 396 of 491.
- Two cautions on $36,657, the adjusted value of that $44,290 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 396 of 491 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand in Arizona the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,620 to $57,810. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $37,062, from $44,290, 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 396 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 51 for it.
- This $36,657 adjusted figure, worked from $44,290, 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 396 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 396 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,620 and the top tenth $57,810, so most people doing this work in Arizona sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,657 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 $37,062.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,620 to $57,810) 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 $36,657 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 $37,062 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.