State comparison · 2025
Tax Examiners and Collectors salary: Alabama vs Arizona
Tax Examiners and Collectors in Arizona earn a median of $92,680. In Alabama, $58,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.9% — not 37.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.3%
Alabama vs Arizona
COL-adjusted gap
-28.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $58,100
- p25
- $40,590
- p75
- $79,340
- p10
- $35,160
- p90
- $107,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Arizona
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $92,680
- p25
- $65,000
- p75
- $113,900
- p10
- $53,900
- p90
- $124,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.