Maricopa County · Arizona
Chandler, AZ jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Chandler, AZ earn a median of $56,670 a year, 27% above the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 3.6% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 21.2% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $56,670#7 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 3.6%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 71.2%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 151,526Civilian employed, age 16+
What Chandler does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance21.2%
- Manufacturing13.3%
- Professional, scientific & management12.7%
- Finance, insurance & real estate11.7%
- Retail trade10.8%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food7.9%
- Construction5.7%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities4.7%
- Other services, except public administration4.2%
- Public administration3.5%
- Information2.1%
- Wholesale trade1.9%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.3%
Related data for Chandler
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.