Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,262
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$5,578
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,921
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
$36,840
Kept after tax
$31,262
Worth in national money
$30,921
State rank
22
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Arizona is 22 of 51 states for shuttle drivers and chauffeurs, with a middle wage of $36,840. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Arizona this is lower-paid work. Of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, shuttle drivers and chauffeurs ranks 456. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Arizona costs about what the country costs, so from $36,840, take-home of $31,262 is worth roughly $30,921 in national money. The average comes to $38,800, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Arizona ranks 22 of 51 for shuttle drivers and chauffeurs at $36,840. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Arizona reports, shuttle drivers and chauffeurs ranks 456 of 491, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Arizona is near the national base, so for shuttle drivers and chauffeurs, whose median is $36,840, the adjusted figure of $30,921 differs little from $31,262 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $38,800 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,080 |
| This salary | $36,840 |
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 | $31,262 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,781 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,784 |
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 | $36,195 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,158 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $36,840 as a midpoint for Arizona, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,770 and the ninetieth is $47,080 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Arizona the take-home figure of $31,262, from $36,840, 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 456 of 491 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $30,921, the adjusted value of that $36,840 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 456 of 491 in the state.
- The Arizona median of $36,840 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,770 to $47,080. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Arizona is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $31,262 from $36,840. 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 456 of 491 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $30,921 — the adjusted value of that $36,840 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 456 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 $38,800 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $30,770 and the top tenth $47,080, 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 $30,921 of national purchasing power.
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 $31,262 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $38,800. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,770 to $47,080) 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 $30,921 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 $31,262 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.