Maricopa County · Arizona
Phoenix, 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 Phoenix, AZ earn a median of $43,488 a year, 2% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 5.1% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 19.8% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $43,488#40 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 5.1%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 68%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 824,783Civilian employed, age 16+
What Phoenix does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance19.8%
- Professional, scientific & management14.4%
- Retail trade11.8%
- Finance, insurance & real estate10.1%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food9.3%
- Construction8.9%
- Manufacturing7.1%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities6.1%
- Other services, except public administration4.6%
- Public administration3.5%
- Wholesale trade2.2%
- Information1.7%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.4%
Related data for Phoenix
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%.