Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,524
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$15,546
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,852
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
$77,070
Kept after tax
$61,524
Worth in national money
$60,852
State rank
8
of 51 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 $77,070, ranking 8 of 51 states and sitting about 19.67% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Arizona, this sits in the middle: 128 of 491 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $77,070, tax leaves $61,524, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $60,852 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $76,120.
- Arizona's median for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses is $77,070, about 19.67% above the national figure and 8 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ranks 128 of 491 occupations in Arizona by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Because Arizona sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses — median $77,070 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $61,524 retained, $60,852 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $76,120 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,850 |
| This salary | $77,070 |
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 | $61,524 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,049 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,030 |
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 | $74,903 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,566 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $77,070 as a midpoint for Arizona, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $61,050 and the ninetieth is $89,850 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Arizona the take-home figure of $61,524, from $77,070, 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 128 of 491 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $60,852 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 128.
- The Arizona median of $77,070 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $61,050 to $89,850. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Arizona is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $61,524 from $77,070. 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 128 of 491 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $60,852, worked from $77,070, 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 128 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $61,050 and the top tenth $89,850, so most people doing this work in Arizona sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Arizona run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $60,852 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $61,524 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($61,050 to $89,850) 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 $60,852 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 $61,524 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.