Lodging Managers in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,932
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$15,738
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,255
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
$77,670
Kept after tax
$61,932
Worth in national money
$61,255
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for lodging managers is strong here. Arizona's middle earner gets $77,670, putting the state 13 of 51 — about 12.16% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Arizona this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, lodging managers ranks 122 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Arizona costs about what the country costs, so from $77,670, take-home of $61,932 is worth roughly $61,255 in national money. The average comes to $80,820, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For lodging managers, Arizona sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $77,670, ranking 13 of 51 and running about 12.16% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Arizona publishes a median for, lodging managers sits 122 of 491 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Arizona is near the national base, so for lodging managers, whose median is $77,670, the adjusted figure of $61,255 differs little from $61,932 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $80,820 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Lodging Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $125,150 |
| This salary | $77,670 |
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 | $61,932 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,471 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,061 |
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 | $75,482 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,610 |
| 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 lodging managers in Arizona earn under $77,670 and half over. The published range runs $43,770 at the tenth percentile to $125,150 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Arizona's $61,932, worked from $77,670. 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 122 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $61,255, the adjusted value of that $77,670 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 122 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for lodging managers in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,770 to $125,150; 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.
- The Arizona take-home of $61,932, on $77,670 for work ranking 122 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 122 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $61,255 — the adjusted value of that $77,670 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 122 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 $80,820, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $43,770 and the top tenth $125,150 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $61,255 — 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 $61,932 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.
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 $80,820. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($43,770) and the ninetieth ($125,150) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $61,255 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 $61,932 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.