Training and Development Specialists in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,787
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$12,353
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,188
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
$67,140
Kept after tax
$54,787
Worth in national money
$54,188
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Arizona is 24 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $67,140. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Arizona reports figures for, this is number 167.
- No great distortion either way. Arizona costs about what the country costs, so from $67,140, take-home of $54,787 is worth roughly $54,188 in national money. The average comes to $74,820, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Arizona ranks 24 of 51 for training and development specialists at $67,140. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Arizona's occupational distribution, training and development specialists sits at 167 of 491 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Price parity in Arizona is near the national base, so for training and development specialists, whose median is $67,140, the adjusted figure of $54,188 differs little from $54,787 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $74,820 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Training and Development Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $114,180 |
| This salary | $67,140 |
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 | $54,787 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,063 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,505 |
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 | $65,472 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,318 |
| 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 $67,140. The published range is $41,500 up to $114,180, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Arizona's $54,787, worked from $67,140. 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 167 of 491.
- Two cautions on $54,188, the adjusted value of that $67,140 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Arizona. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 167 of 491 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for training and development specialists in Arizona the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,500 to $114,180. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Arizona take-home of $54,787, on $67,140 for work ranking 167 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 167 of 491 in the state.
- This $54,188 adjusted figure, worked from $67,140, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 167 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 167 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 $74,820 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $41,500 at the bottom tenth to $114,180 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 $54,188 of national purchasing power.
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 $54,787.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $74,820. 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 ($41,500) and the ninetieth ($114,180) 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 $54,188 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 $54,787 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.