Prices, pay, taxes, homes and family budgets, county by county, from the same official data the site's calculators use.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures price levels in every state against a national average of 100. Arizona scores 100.7 overall, so a $75,000 salary at average US prices buys what $75,508 buys here. Compare any salary with another state.
| Price level | Arizona (US = 100) | Rank, most expensive first |
|---|---|---|
| Everything | 100.7 | 17th of 51 |
| Rents | 106.8 | 16th of 51 |
| Goods | 95.4 | — |
| Other services | 102.8 | — |
Home electricity averaged 14.91 cents a kilowatt-hour in 2024, against 17.06 across all states. A gallon of regular gas cost $4.52 at the end of August 2026, against $4.12.
Across all 3,239,430 jobs the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts in Arizona, the median pay is $50,060 a year, or $24.07 an hour; that ranks 25th of the 50 states and DC. One worker in ten earns less than $34,190 and one in ten more than $120,180.
Arizona taxes wages at a flat 2.5%. The brackets in Arizona. A single filer on the median $50,060, with no retirement or health deductions, takes home about $41,152 a year, or $1,583 every two weeks, after $3,827 of federal income tax, $3,830 of Social Security and Medicare and $1,252 of state income tax. Work out your own paycheck in Arizona.
The five occupations employing the most people, with their median annual pay:
| Occupation | Jobs | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| General and Operations Managers | 110,480 | $94,800 |
| Retail Salespersons | 93,920 | $35,720 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 87,020 | $45,690 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 77,210 | $34,230 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | 74,540 | $36,420 |
Of the 20 largest occupations, the best paid are software developers ($129,690), registered nurses ($99,500), general and operations managers ($94,800). See what common jobs pay in every state.
Across the 15 Arizona counties with their own Zillow home value, the median typical home is worth $340,858, and across the 10 with their own rent figure the median typical rent is $1,672 a month. A typical home costs 4.56 years of the county's median family income, at the median county.
With 10% down at 7.03%, the average 30-year rate on September 24, 2026, that home costs about $2,693 a month with tax, insurance and mortgage insurance, which takes $115,414 a year of income under the usual 28% guideline. The median family can afford its own county's typical home in 6.7% of Arizona's counties, against 44.9% of counties nationally. Try it with your own income.
At the median county, home values changed −0.1% over the past year and +18.0% over five years, and rents +1.1% over the past year.
The most expensive Arizona counties are Coconino County ($628,806), Yavapai County ($502,362) and Maricopa County ($460,237); the least expensive are Greenlee County ($163,856), Cochise County ($263,785) and La Paz County ($273,882).
The Economic Policy Institute prices what a modest but adequate standard of living costs in every county: housing, food, transport, healthcare, childcare, other necessities and taxes. In the median Arizona county, that comes to $50,343 a year for one adult and $110,772 for two adults and two children, of which $20,531 is childcare. The national averages are $47,367 and $101,771. Median family income in the median county is $75,087.
| Two adults, two children | Per year, median county | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | $16,476 | $1,373 |
| Food | $11,683 | $974 |
| Transportation | $18,888 | $1,574 |
| Healthcare | $19,748 | $1,646 |
| Childcare | $20,531 | $1,711 |
| Other necessities | $8,724 | $727 |
| Taxes | $15,309 | $1,276 |
Each line is its own median across counties, so the lines do not add up exactly to the total.
The Department of Education's College Scorecard lists 129 colleges in Arizona, 44 of them public. The median public college reports a cost of attendance of $18,037 a year, covering tuition, housing, books and other expenses. Ten years after enrolling, the median school's former students earn $40,059. Compare degrees and schools.
| Apache County | $319,265 | +0.6% | — | $49,277 | $112,535 |
| Cochise County | $263,785 | −0.1% | $1,323 | $75,734 | $103,687 |
| Coconino County | $628,806 | −0.4% | $2,218 | $88,944 | $129,078 |
| Gila County | $390,089 | −0.8% | $1,867 | $70,477 | $105,062 |
| Graham County | $308,629 | +3.5% | — | $75,087 | $110,696 |
| Greenlee County | $163,856 | −12.4% | — | $81,818 | $110,643 |
| La Paz County | $273,882 | +0.2% | — | $61,713 | $113,145 |
| Maricopa County | $460,237 | −1.3% | $1,719 | $100,929 | $121,133 |
| Mohave County | $352,358 | +2.1% | $1,549 | $67,820 | $110,732 |
| Navajo County | $398,903 | +0.7% | $1,624 | $62,061 | $115,647 |
| Pima County | $340,858 | −2.0% | $1,483 | $87,639 | $103,680 |
| Pinal County | $363,614 | −2.4% | $1,829 | $86,967 | $112,981 |
| Santa Cruz County | $280,907 | +0.4% | — | $61,151 | $96,774 |
| Yavapai County | $502,362 | −0.1% | $1,869 | $82,717 | $124,719 |
| Yuma County | $279,841 | +0.9% | $1,493 | $67,312 | $110,772 |
A dash means the source publishes no figure for that county. Home values and rents are Zillow's own county figures only; counties Zillow does not cover are left blank rather than filled with a state average.
Phoenix, AZ (typical rent $1,727), Tucson, AZ (typical rent $1,483).
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County figures are medians across Arizona's counties, each counting once, so they describe the spread of places rather than of people. Property tax and insurance vary widely; the calculators let you use your own.