Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Arizona

828 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Arizona for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	$44,050	560	View salary detail
Waiters and Waitresses	$43,950	55,950	View salary detail
Counter and Rental Clerks	$43,920	11,080	View salary detail
Aircraft Service Attendants	$43,780	540	View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$43,780	3,990	View salary detail
File Clerks	$43,690	2,190	View salary detail
Pharmacy Aides	$43,360	810	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$43,200	2,630	View salary detail
Data Entry Keyers	$43,200	3,420	View salary detail
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	$43,100	450	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$43,090	1,760	View salary detail
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	$43,010	90	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$42,950	2,400	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$42,870	310	View salary detail
Gem and Diamond Workers	$42,240	440	View salary detail
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers	$42,240	440	View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	$42,210	780	View salary detail
Stonemasons	$42,130	270	View salary detail
Word Processors and Typists	$42,070	—	View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	$41,870	360	View salary detail
Upholsterers	$41,860	180	View salary detail
Cooks, All Other	$41,740	550	View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$41,690	3,440	View salary detail
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	$41,600	90	View salary detail
Helpers--Carpenters	$41,540	—	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$41,480	1,260	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$41,350	1,750	View salary detail
Gambling Cage Workers	$40,780	930	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$40,730	7,290	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$40,560	7,090	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$40,550	2,300	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$40,550	21,450	View salary detail
Library Technicians	$40,510	820	View salary detail
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	$40,380	380	View salary detail
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers	$40,360	—	View salary detail
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$40,250	170	View salary detail
Sewing Machine Operators	$40,210	1,420	View salary detail
Correspondence Clerks	$39,900	110	View salary detail
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	$39,780	3,130	View salary detail
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$39,740	240	View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers	$39,680	1,350	View salary detail
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	$39,660	7,170	View salary detail
Furniture Finishers	$39,660	410	View salary detail
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	$39,630	3,130	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$39,500	3,970	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$39,440	1,430	View salary detail
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	$39,260	360	View salary detail
Couriers and Messengers	$38,980	820	View salary detail
Tutors	$38,940	2,730	View salary detail
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$38,910	22,450	View salary detail

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Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.