Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,011
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$14,829
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,356
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
$74,840
Kept after tax
$60,011
Worth in national money
$59,356
State rank
20
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Arizona is 20 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $74,840. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 145 among 491 occupations Arizona publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Arizona costs about what the country costs, so from $74,840, take-home of $60,011 is worth roughly $59,356 in national money. The average comes to $95,520, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Arizona ranks 20 of 48 for securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents at $74,840. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 145 of 491 in Arizona places securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 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.
- Price parity in Arizona is near the national base, so for securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents, whose median is $74,840, the adjusted figure of $59,356 differs little from $60,011 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $95,520 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $137,800 |
| This salary | $74,840 |
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 | $60,011 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,480 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,912 |
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 | $72,753 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,403 |
| 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 securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents in Arizona earn under $74,840 and half over. The published range runs $48,860 at the tenth percentile to $137,800 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 $60,011, worked from $74,840. 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 145 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $59,356 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 145.
- Figures are distribution medians for securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,860 to $137,800; 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 $60,011, on $74,840 for work ranking 145 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 145 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $59,356, worked from $74,840, 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 145 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $95,520 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $48,860 and the top tenth $137,800 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Arizona run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $59,356 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Arizona then takes its own share, leaving $60,011.
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 48 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 $95,520. 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 ($48,860) and the ninetieth ($137,800) 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 $59,356 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 $60,011 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.