Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,438
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$22,612
22.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,603
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
$99,050
Kept after tax
$76,438
Worth in national money
$75,603
State rank
7
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Arizona is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $99,050, which ranks 7 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 2.47% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Arizona. It ranks 71 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Arizona costs about what the country costs, so from $99,050, take-home of $76,438 is worth roughly $75,603 in national money. The average comes to $99,190, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Arizona ranks 7 of 50 states publishing a median for postmasters and mail superintendents, at $99,050 — about 2.47% 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.
- Within Arizona, postmasters and mail superintendents ranks 71 of 491 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Price parity in Arizona is near the national base, so for postmasters and mail superintendents, whose median is $99,050, the adjusted figure of $75,603 differs little from $76,438 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $99,190 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $120,680 |
| This salary | $99,050 |
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 | $76,438 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,512 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,192 |
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 | $96,102 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,171 |
| 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 $99,050. The published range is $75,050 up to $120,680, 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 $76,438, worked from $99,050. 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 71 of 491.
- Two cautions on $75,603, the adjusted value of that $99,050 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 71 of 491 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for postmasters and mail superintendents in Arizona the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $75,050 to $120,680. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Arizona take-home of $76,438, on $99,050 for work ranking 71 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 71 of 491 in the state.
- This $75,603 adjusted figure, worked from $99,050, 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 71 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 71 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $75,050 and the top tenth $120,680, so most people doing this work in Arizona sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $75,603 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, $76,438 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 ($75,050 to $120,680) 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 $75,603 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 $76,438 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.