Radiation Therapists in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$83,026
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$25,734
23.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,119
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
$108,760
Kept after tax
$83,026
Worth in national money
$82,119
State rank
10
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for radiation therapists is strong here. Arizona's middle earner gets $108,760, putting the state 10 of 46 — about 3.28% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Arizona this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, radiation therapists ranks 37 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $108,760 the take-home is $83,026, which is worth about $82,119 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $111,000, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For radiation therapists, Arizona sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $108,760, ranking 10 of 46 and running about 3.28% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Arizona publishes a median for, radiation therapists sits 37 of 491 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Arizona's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for radiation therapists on its $108,760 median: $83,026 retained after tax becomes $82,119 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $111,000 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Radiation Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $83,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $108,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,360 |
| This salary | $108,760 |
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 | $83,026 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,343 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,705 |
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 | $105,467 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,880 |
| 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 $108,760. The published range is $83,200 up to $133,360, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $83,026 take-home in Arizona comes from $108,760. 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 37 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $82,119 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 37.
- Reported values are medians; for radiation therapists in Arizona the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $83,200 to $133,360. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $83,026, from $108,760, 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 37 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 46 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $82,119, worked from $108,760, 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 37 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $83,200 and the top tenth $133,360, 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 $82,119 rather than its face figure.
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, $83,026 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($83,200 to $133,360) 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 $82,119 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 $83,026 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.