Flagstaff, AZ Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Flagstaff, AZ - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Flagstaff, AZ moved from $45,900 in May 2024 to $47,500 in May 2025 (+3.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Flagstaff, AZ sits +0.4 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Flagstaff, AZ
General and Operations Managers publishes $77,740 here versus $105,770 nationally (-26.5%; 2,180metro-area jobs). Next is Cashiers at $35,810 locally versus $32,880 nationally (+8.9%).
- General and Operations Managers$77,740 in Flagstaff, AZ sits 26.5% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,180 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$35,810 in Flagstaff, AZ sits 8.9% above the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,120 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$33,690 in Flagstaff, AZ sits 8.0% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,790 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$37,080 in Flagstaff, AZ sits 5.3% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,210 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Flagstaff, AZ; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 22380 · Flagstaff, AZ $58K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #256/528
- RPP-MID 100.3
- OCC-MID 254 occs
- TOP-LEAD Surgeons, All… · $520K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-INLINE +0.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Columbia, SC
- BOOK-MOST 252 rows · May 2025
Read with Columbia, SC (+$11 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
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 Flagstaff, AZ
Employment scale inside Flagstaff, AZ's top-pay list
Medical and Health Services Managers and Sales Managers lead published employment inside Flagstaff, AZ's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 250 jobs · $127,990
- 2. Sales Managers 180 jobs · $107,960
- 3. Financial Managers 160 jobs · $104,580
- 4. Managers, All Other 160 jobs · $103,380
- 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 150 jobs · $134,700
- 6. Lawyers 140 jobs · $154,330
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 130 jobs · $128,870
- 8. Construction Managers 120 jobs · $104,100
- 9. Chief Executives 110 jobs · $134,510
- 10. Software Developers 110 jobs · $113,580
- 11. Industrial Production Managers 110 jobs · $108,490
- 12. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 110 jobs · $106,270
- 13. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 100 jobs · $104,500
- 14. Pharmacists 90 jobs · $163,260
- 15. Education Administrators, All Other 80 jobs · $121,180
- 16. Physician Assistants 70 jobs · $135,600
- 17. Human Resources Managers 60 jobs · $122,160
- 18. Natural Sciences Managers 60 jobs · $112,260
Occupations Tracked
254
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,241
employment-weighted, 252 complete rows
Top Salary
$520,400
Surgeons, All Other
Cost of Living
100.3
0% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Flagstaff, AZ
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surgeons, All Other | $520,400 |
| 2 | Dentists, General | $170,690 |
| 3 | Pharmacists | $163,260 |
| 4 | Lawyers | $154,330 |
| 5 | Physician Assistants | $135,600 |
| 6 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $134,700 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $134,510 |
| 8 | Computer Network Architects | $129,170 |
| 9 | Nurse Practitioners | $128,870 |
| 10 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $127,990 |
| 11 | Human Resources Managers | $122,160 |
| 12 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $121,780 |
| 13 | Education Administrators, All Other | $121,180 |
| 14 | Marketing Managers | $119,300 |
| 15 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $115,200 |
| 16 | Software Developers | $113,580 |
| 17 | Natural Sciences Managers | $112,260 |
| 18 | Industrial Production Managers | $108,490 |
| 19 | Sales Managers | $107,960 |
| 20 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $106,270 |
| 21 | Financial Managers | $104,580 |
| 22 | Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $104,500 |
| 23 | Construction Managers | $104,100 |
| 24 | Managers, All Other | $103,380 |
| 25 | Occupational Therapists | $103,070 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Flagstaff, AZ
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | $30,580 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $33,680 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $33,690 |
| Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals | $33,720 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $33,950 |
| Photographers | $34,010 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $34,720 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $34,740 |
| Recreation Workers | $35,210 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $35,340 |
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 ($58,241 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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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.