Natural Sciences Managers in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$93,928
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$30,992
24.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$92,902
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
$124,920
Kept after tax
$93,928
Worth in national money
$92,902
State rank
33
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Arizona pays natural sciences managers a middle wage of $124,920, 33 of 48 states and about 25.3% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Arizona reports, natural sciences managers comes in at 26 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Arizona costs about what the country costs, so from $124,920, take-home of $93,928 is worth roughly $92,902 in national money. The average comes to $132,900, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Arizona's $124,920 median for natural sciences managers places it 33 of 48 states, about 25.3% 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.
- Natural sciences managers ranks 26 of 491 occupations by median in Arizona, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Price parity in Arizona is near the national base, so for natural sciences managers, whose median is $124,920, the adjusted figure of $92,902 differs little from $93,928 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $132,900 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Natural Sciences Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $124,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $209,130 |
| This salary | $124,920 |
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 | $93,928 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,649 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,557 |
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 | $120,964 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,146 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $124,920 as a midpoint for Arizona, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $65,780 and the ninetieth is $209,130 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $93,928 take-home in Arizona comes from $124,920. 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 26 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $92,902, the adjusted value of that $124,920 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 26 of 491 in the state.
- The Arizona median of $124,920 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $65,780 to $209,130. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $93,928, from $124,920, 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 26 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $92,902 — the adjusted value of that $124,920 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 26 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $132,900 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $65,780 at the bottom tenth to $209,130 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $92,902 rather than its face figure.
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, $93,928 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $132,900. 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 ($65,780) and the ninetieth ($209,130) 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 $92,902 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 $93,928 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.