Nursing Assistants in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,444
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$7,336
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,034
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
$44,780
Kept after tax
$37,444
Worth in national money
$37,034
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Arizona pays nursing assistants around $44,780 at the midpoint, 21 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 491 occupations Arizona publishes, nursing assistants lands at 392. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Arizona costs about what the country costs, so from $44,780, take-home of $37,444 is worth roughly $37,034 in national money. The average comes to $44,820, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For nursing assistants the Arizona median is $44,780, ranking 21 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Arizona, this work ranks 392 of 491 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Arizona is near the national base, so for nursing assistants, whose median is $44,780, the adjusted figure of $37,034 differs little from $37,444 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $44,820 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Nursing Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,820 |
| This salary | $44,780 |
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 | $37,444 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,161 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,236 |
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 | $43,888 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,704 |
| 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 nursing assistants in Arizona earn under $44,780 and half over. The published range runs $37,100 at the tenth percentile to $57,820 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 $37,444, worked from $44,780. 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 392 of 491.
- Two cautions on $37,034, the adjusted value of that $44,780 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Arizona. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 392 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for nursing assistants in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,100 to $57,820; 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 $37,444, on $44,780 for work ranking 392 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 392 of 491 in the state.
- This $37,034 adjusted figure, worked from $44,780, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 392 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 392 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,100 at the tenth percentile, $57,820 at the ninetieth.
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 $37,034 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, $37,444 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,100 to $57,820) 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 $37,034 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 $37,444 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.