Pima County · Arizona
Tucson, 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 Tucson, AZ earn a median of $33,866 a year, 24% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 6.4% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 26.6% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $33,866#85 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 6.4%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 62.1%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 255,011Civilian employed, age 16+
What Tucson does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance26.6%
- Retail trade12.6%
- Professional, scientific & management12.2%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food11.6%
- Construction6.7%
- Manufacturing5.9%
- Finance, insurance & real estate5.4%
- Public administration5.3%
- Other services, except public administration5.1%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities4.9%
- Information1.5%
- Wholesale trade1.4%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.8%
Related data for Tucson
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%.