Order Clerks in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,410
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$8,180
16.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,968
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
$48,590
Kept after tax
$40,410
Worth in national money
$39,968
State rank
8
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for order clerks is strong here. Arizona's middle earner gets $48,590, putting the state 8 of 48 — about 5.24% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Arizona reports figures for, this is number 318.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $48,590, tax leaves $40,410, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $39,968 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $49,240, since top earners drag the number up.
- For order clerks, Arizona sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $48,590, ranking 8 of 48 and running about 5.24% 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.
- In Arizona's occupational distribution, order clerks sits at 318 of 491 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Arizona sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for order clerks — median $48,590 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $40,410 retained, $39,968 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $49,240 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Order Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,110 |
| This salary | $48,590 |
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 | $40,410 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,222 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,452 |
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 | $47,579 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,966 |
| 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 order clerks in Arizona earn under $48,590 and half over. The published range runs $38,780 at the tenth percentile to $61,110 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Arizona the take-home figure of $40,410, from $48,590, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 318 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $39,968, the adjusted value of that $48,590 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 318 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for order clerks in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,780 to $61,110; 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.
- Take-home for Arizona is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $40,410 from $48,590. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 318 of 491 locally.
- This $39,968 adjusted figure, worked from $48,590, 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 318 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 318 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,780 at the bottom tenth to $61,110 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $39,968 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, $40,410 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,780 to $61,110) 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 $39,968 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 $40,410 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.