Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,234
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$22,516
22.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,401
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
$98,750
Kept after tax
$76,234
Worth in national money
$75,401
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Arizona. The middle earner gets $98,750. That is 43 of 51 states, and about 7.91% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Arizona this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 74 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Arizona costs about what the country costs, so from $98,750, take-home of $76,234 is worth roughly $75,401 in national money. The average comes to $111,650, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For transportation, storage, and distribution managers, Arizona sits in the lower band at $98,750, ranking 43 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 7.91%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Arizona publishes a median for, transportation, storage, and distribution managers sits 74 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.
- Price parity in Arizona is near the national base, so for transportation, storage, and distribution managers, whose median is $98,750, the adjusted figure of $75,401 differs little from $76,234 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $111,650 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $68,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $166,680 |
| This salary | $98,750 |
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 | $76,234 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,301 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,176 |
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 | $95,813 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,149 |
| 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 $98,750. The published range is $68,780 up to $166,680, 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 $76,234, worked from $98,750. 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 74 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Arizona, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $75,401, the adjusted value of that $98,750 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 74 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for transportation, storage, and distribution managers in Arizona the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $68,780 to $166,680. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Arizona take-home of $76,234, on $98,750 for work ranking 74 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 74 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Arizona, so $75,401 — the adjusted value of that $98,750 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 74 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $111,650, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $68,780 and the top tenth $166,680 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $75,401 of national purchasing power.
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, $76,234 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $111,650. 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 ($68,780) and the ninetieth ($166,680) 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 $75,401 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 $76,234 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.