Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,524
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$23,126
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,676
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
$100,650
Kept after tax
$77,524
Worth in national money
$76,676
State rank
22
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Arizona sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $100,650, ranking 22 of 46 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Arizona reports, this job comes in at 59 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $100,650, tax leaves $77,524, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $76,676 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $101,790, since top earners drag the number up.
- Arizona occupies the middle band for software quality assurance analysts and testers: a median of $100,650, ranking 22 of 46. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Software quality assurance analysts and testers ranks 59 of 491 occupations by median in Arizona, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Because Arizona sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for software quality assurance analysts and testers — median $100,650 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $77,524 retained, $76,676 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $101,790 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $143,000 |
| This salary | $100,650 |
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 | $77,524 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,637 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,276 |
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 | $97,645 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,288 |
| 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 software quality assurance analysts and testers in Arizona earn under $100,650 and half over. The published range runs $63,920 at the tenth percentile to $143,000 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $77,524 take-home in Arizona comes from $100,650. 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 59 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $76,676, the adjusted value of that $100,650 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 59 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for software quality assurance analysts and testers in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $63,920 to $143,000; 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 $77,524, from $100,650, 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 59 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 22 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $76,676 — the adjusted value of that $100,650 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 59 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $63,920 at the bottom tenth to $143,000 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $76,676 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 $77,524 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 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($63,920) and the ninetieth ($143,000) 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 $76,676 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 $77,524 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.