Arizona · BLS May 2025

Securities or Financial Services Sales Agent Salary in Arizona

Also called financial advisor, stockbroker. SOC 41-3031.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 14,600 securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents working in Arizona. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal, state and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.

Median pay · Arizona

$74,840A year, or $35.98 an hour.
Take-home a month$5,000After federal, state and FICA tax at 19.8%
Worth at national prices$74,337Prices here sit at 100.7 against 100
Against the nation4.9% belowNational median $78,660
What securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents earn in Arizona, May 2025
PercentileAnnualHourly
10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid$48,860$23.49
25th percentile$51,560$24.79
MedianHalf earn more, half less$74,840$35.98
75th percentile$102,600$49.33
90th percentileMost experienced and senior$137,800$66.25
MeanThe average, pulled up by the top$95,520$45.92
How we got this
  1. Median wage in ArizonaBLS OEWS May 2025. Half of securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents earned more than this, half less.$74,840
  2. Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$35.98
  3. Take-home after federal, state and FICA tax$5,000 a month at an effective rate of 19.8%.$60,003 a year
  4. Worth at national average pricesPrices in Arizona sit at 100.7 against a national 100 (BEA, 2024).$74,337
  5. Against the national medianThe national median is $78,660.4.9% below
  6. Jobs countedA concentration of 1.43 against the nation's 1.00.14,600
What we assumed
  • Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
  • OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
  • Take-home assumes one 2026 filer, filing single, taking the standard deduction, with no dependents, pre-tax retirement contributions or local income tax.
  • Regional price parities compare price levels between places in one year. They are not inflation, and they do not adjust for what a household actually buys.
Technical details

Method occupation-wage-v1Data bls-oews-2025-05-v1, us-tax-2026-v1, bea-rpp-2024-v1, census-acs5-2024-v1

What lands in the bank

A $74,840 salary in Arizona, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.

  • Federal income tax. $7,635 a year.
  • State income tax. $1,477 a year.
  • Social Security and Medicare. $5,725 a year.
  • Left over. $60,003 a year, $5,000 a month, an effective rate of 19.8%.

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What $74,840 is worth in Arizona

Prices in Arizona sit at 100.7 against a national average of 100, so $74,840 earned here buys what $74,337 buys at national average prices.

  • Rents. 106.8 against 100, the component that moves most between states.
  • Against local households. The median household in Arizona takes in $79,964, so this occupation's median is 0.94 times that, on one income.
  • How common the job is here. 43% more concentrated in Arizona than in the country as a whole.

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Common questions

Securities or Financial Services Sales Agent pay in Arizona, answered

How much does a securities or financial services sales agent make in Arizona?

The median wage for securities or financial services sales agents in Arizona is $74,840 a year, or $35.98 an hour.

Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.

What is the take-home pay for a securities or financial services sales agent in Arizona?

On the median wage of $74,840, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $60,003 a year, or roughly $5,000 a month.

That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 19.8%.

Arizona takes $1,477 of it in state income tax.

Do securities or financial services sales agents earn more in Arizona than in the rest of the country?

No. The median in Arizona is 4.9% below the national median of $78,660.

Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Arizona sit at 100.7 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.

Is $74,840 a good salary in Arizona?

It is 0.94 times the median household income of $79,964. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.

Prices in Arizona run at 100.7 against a national average of 100, with rents at 106.8, so $74,840 here buys about what $74,337 buys at national average prices.

What do the highest-paid securities or financial services sales agents earn in Arizona?

The top tenth earn $137,800 a year or more, against $48,860 at the bottom tenth.

Experience, specialism, employer and the part of Arizona someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.

How many securities or financial services sales agents are there in Arizona?

The survey counted 14,600 of these jobs in Arizona for May 2025.

That makes the occupation 43% more concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.

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