Medical Equipment Repairers in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,480
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$11,330
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,917
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
$62,810
Kept after tax
$51,480
Worth in national money
$50,917
State rank
22
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Arizona is 22 of 51 states for medical equipment repairers, with a middle wage of $62,810. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Medical equipment repairers ranks 198 among 491 occupations Arizona publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $62,810 the take-home is $51,480, which is worth about $50,917 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $63,190, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Arizona ranks 22 of 51 for medical equipment repairers at $62,810. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 198 of 491 in Arizona places medical equipment repairers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Arizona's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for medical equipment repairers on its $62,810 median: $51,480 retained after tax becomes $50,917 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $63,190 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,970 |
| This salary | $62,810 |
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 | $51,480 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,648 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,261 |
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 | $61,357 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,944 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $62,810 as a midpoint for Arizona, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,090 and the ninetieth is $93,970 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Arizona's $51,480, worked from $62,810. 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 198 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $50,917, the adjusted value of that $62,810 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 198 of 491 in the state.
- The Arizona median of $62,810 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,090 to $93,970. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Arizona take-home of $51,480, on $62,810 for work ranking 198 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 198 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $50,917 — the adjusted value of that $62,810 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 198 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $36,090 and the top tenth $93,970 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $50,917 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Arizona's own levy, $51,480 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,090) and the ninetieth ($93,970) 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 $50,917 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 $51,480 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.