Nurse Practitioners in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$100,184
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$34,236
25.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$99,089
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
$134,420
Kept after tax
$100,184
Worth in national money
$99,089
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Arizona is one of the better-paying states for nurse practitioners. The middle earner takes $134,420, which ranks 17 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 1.6% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Arizona reports, nurse practitioners comes in at 16 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Arizona costs about what the country costs, so from $134,420, take-home of $100,184 is worth roughly $99,089 in national money. The average comes to $140,600, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Arizona ranks 17 of 51 states publishing a median for nurse practitioners, at $134,420 — about 1.6% 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.
- Nurse practitioners ranks 16 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 nurse practitioners, whose median is $134,420, the adjusted figure of $99,089 differs little from $100,184 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $140,600 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Nurse Practitioners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $104,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $134,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $173,270 |
| This salary | $134,420 |
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 | $100,184 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $103,142 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,051 |
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 | $130,092 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,025 |
| 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 $134,420. The published range is $104,400 up to $173,270, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Arizona's $100,184, worked from $134,420. 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 16 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $99,089 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 16.
- Reported values are medians; for nurse practitioners in Arizona the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $104,400 to $173,270. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Arizona take-home of $100,184, on $134,420 for work ranking 16 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 16 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $99,089, worked from $134,420, 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 16 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 $140,600, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $104,400 and the top tenth $173,270, 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 $99,089 rather than its face figure.
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 $100,184 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 $140,600. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($104,400 to $173,270) 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 $99,089 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 $100,184 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.