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Average Craft Artists Salary in Arizona

Craft Artists in Arizona earn a median annual salary of $29,950, which is -22.2% compared to the national median. There are N/A workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Arizona (state).

$29,950
Arizona median annual wage
$14/hour median
-22.2%
Difference vs national median
National median is $38,480
N/A
Local employment
N/A
Location quotient

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$29,850
25th
$29,950
Median
$29,950
75th
$34,010
90th
$44,650

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Arizona, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
100.7%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$29,749
Goods: 95.4%
Services: 92.3%
Rents: 106.8%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Maryland$67,060CompareN/A
California$59,980Compare290
Missouri$58,750Compare160
Texas$52,000Compare340
Pennsylvania$52,000Compare90
New York$48,580Compare130

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Arizona

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$228,690N/A
Pediatricians, General$227,4101.03
Physicians, All Other$223,6800.79
Dentists, General$206,6601.25
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers$198,8001.01
Physicists$190,9600.17
Architectural And Engineering Managers$172,6801.08
Sales Engineers$169,4701.04

Arizona has salary data for 720 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Craft Artists in Arizona

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Craft Artists are projected to change by +2.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 1,000 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.