$30,000 After Taxes in Arizona (2026)

A single filer paid $30,000 in Arizona has $13,900 of federal taxable income after the $16,100 standard deduction. The top slice of that income falls in the 12% federal bracket, which starts at $12,400 of taxable income, and federal income tax comes to $1,420, or 4.73% of the salary.

Payroll tax is federal and the same in Arizona as everywhere else: on $30,000 of wages it is $2,295, made up of $1,860 of Social Security at 6.2% of every dollar and $435 of Medicare at 1.45%.

Arizona taxable income is $14,250, and Arizona taxes it at its flat 2.5% rate. State income tax is $356, 1.19% of the salary. Arizona has a single flat rate of 2.5% on all taxable income, the lowest flat individual income tax rate in the country alongside North Dakota's top rate.

Altogether $4,071 of a $30,000 Arizona salary goes to tax, an effective total rate of 13.57%, which leaves $25,929 a year: $2,161 a month, $997 every two weeks, $499 a week, or $12 an hour over 2,080 hours.

At $30,000, Arizona ranks 14th of 51 jurisdictions for take-home pay, highest first. A no-tax state leaves $356 more a year, and the median state $205 less than Arizona. The lowest take-home at $30,000 is $24,621, in Oregon, $1,308 less than in Arizona.

Across the state line the same $30,000 leaves a single filer: California $26,076, $147 more; Nevada $26,285, $356 more; Utah $25,769, $160 less; Colorado $25,673, $255 less; New Mexico $25,934, $5 more.

These Arizona figures treat the whole $30,000 as wages, take the standard deduction, claim no dependents and include no federal credits. A pre-tax 401(k) contribution or health premium would lower taxable income and raise take-home; a second income or itemized deductions would change it again.