Property Appraisers and Assessors in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,481
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$8,769
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,016
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
$51,250
Kept after tax
$42,481
Worth in national money
$42,016
State rank
46
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Arizona is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $51,250, ranking 46 of 50 states — about 24.59% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 286 among 491 occupations Arizona publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $51,250, tax leaves $42,481, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $42,016 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $59,410, since top earners drag the number up.
- Arizona ranks 46 of 50 for property appraisers and assessors, with a median of $51,250 — about 24.59% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 286 of 491 in Arizona places property appraisers and assessors in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Because Arizona sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for property appraisers and assessors — median $51,250 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $42,481 retained, $42,016 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $59,410 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Property Appraisers and Assessors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,340 |
| This salary | $51,250 |
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 | $42,481 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,359 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,604 |
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 | $50,156 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,149 |
| 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 property appraisers and assessors in Arizona earn under $51,250 and half over. The published range runs $37,300 at the tenth percentile to $83,340 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $42,481 take-home in Arizona comes from $51,250. 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 286 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,016, the adjusted value of that $51,250 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 286 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for property appraisers and assessors in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,300 to $83,340; 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.
- Retained pay of $42,481, from $51,250, 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 286 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $42,016 — the adjusted value of that $51,250 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 286 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 $59,410, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $37,300 at the bottom tenth to $83,340 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 $42,016 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 $42,481 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $59,410. 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 ($37,300) and the ninetieth ($83,340) 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 $42,016 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 $42,481 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.