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.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
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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How to use Flagstaff, AZ wage figures in a real decision
- Surgeons, All Other leads published medians in Flagstaff, AZ at $520,400/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Surgeons, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $58,241 adjusts to about $58,052 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 100.3. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for AZ before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
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.