Arizona nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Arizona nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Arizona nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers publishes $76,570 here versus $105,770 nationally (-27.6%; 2,830metro-area jobs). Next is Maintenance and Repair Workers, General at $43,110 locally versus $49,590 nationally (-13.1%).
- General and Operations Managers$76,570 in Arizona nonmetropolitan area sits 27.6% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,830 published local jobs).
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$43,110 in Arizona nonmetropolitan area sits 13.1% below the national Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $49,590 (2,260 published local jobs).
- Office Clerks, General$43,560 in Arizona nonmetropolitan area sits 3.2% below the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (2,040 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$34,390 in Arizona nonmetropolitan area sits 2.9% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,680 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Arizona nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 0400001 · Arizona nonmetropolitan area $58K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #269/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 316 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $288K
- EMP-MIX Detectives a…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Dover, DE
- BOOK-FULL 314 rows · May 2025
Read with Dover, DE ($18 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Arizona nonmetropolitan area
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Detectives and Criminal Investigators and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Arizona nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Detectives and Criminal Investigators 780 jobs · $108,350
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 460 jobs · $134,240
- 3. Managers, All Other 380 jobs · $121,680
- 4. Pharmacists 220 jobs · $153,870
- 5. Financial Managers 210 jobs · $103,060
- 6. Sales Managers 190 jobs · $108,360
- 7. Chief Executives 180 jobs · $128,760
- 8. Physicians, All Other 170 jobs · $287,660
- 9. Lawyers 170 jobs · $117,720
- 10. Nurse Practitioners 160 jobs · $136,300
- 11. Software Developers 150 jobs · $122,620
- 12. Construction Managers 150 jobs · $103,150
- 13. Computer and Information Systems Managers 140 jobs · $129,430
- 14. Veterinarians 120 jobs · $161,410
- 15. Civil Engineers 110 jobs · $114,340
- 16. Family Medicine Physicians 100 jobs · $278,190
- 17. Education Administrators, All Other 100 jobs · $119,430
- 18. Physical Therapists 100 jobs · $104,690
Occupations Tracked
316
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$57,644
employment-weighted, 314 complete rows
Top Salary
$287,660
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Arizona nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detectives and Criminal Investigators | $108,350 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $134,240 |
| 3 | Managers, All Other | $121,680 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $153,870 |
| 5 | Financial Managers | $103,060 |
| 6 | Sales Managers | $108,360 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $128,760 |
| 8 | Physicians, All Other | $287,660 |
| 9 | Lawyers | $117,720 |
| 10 | Nurse Practitioners | $136,300 |
| 11 | Software Developers | $122,620 |
| 12 | Construction Managers | $103,150 |
| 13 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $129,430 |
| 14 | Veterinarians | $161,410 |
| 15 | Civil Engineers | $114,340 |
| 16 | Family Medicine Physicians | $278,190 |
| 17 | Education Administrators, All Other | $119,430 |
| 18 | Physical Therapists | $104,690 |
| 19 | Industrial Production Managers | $126,570 |
| 20 | Physician Assistants | $145,410 |
| 21 | Human Resources Managers | $127,910 |
| 22 | Dentists, General | $201,100 |
| 23 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $158,170 |
| 24 | Dentists, All Other Specialists | $242,940 |
| 25 | Environmental Engineers | $112,250 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Arizona nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $30,580 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $30,600 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $30,780 |
| Childcare Workers | $30,960 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | $31,160 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $31,290 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $31,310 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $31,400 |
| Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers | $31,520 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $31,600 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in AZ
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside AZ. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($57,644 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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