Computer and Information Systems Managers salary in Arizona

The median wage for Computer and Information Systems Managers in Arizona was $160,900 in 2024, about 9% below the US median of $177,564. That gap is real, but smaller than it first looks.

Arizona's cost-of-living index sits at 100.8, essentially flat with the national baseline. So the nominal difference translates almost directly into purchasing power. A manager earning the Arizona median buys roughly what the number says, no adjustment needed in either direction.

The spread across earners is wide. At the 10th percentile, the figure was $99,450. At the 90th, it reached $225,920. Top earners in this role make about 2.3 times what those at the bottom of the distribution do. That range reflects how much the title covers: a manager overseeing a small IT team at a regional company sits in a very different pay band than a director running enterprise infrastructure at a large employer. With 14,530 people in the role statewide, Arizona has enough of both to produce that kind of spread.

BLS projects growth of 15.2% for this occupation between 2024 and 2034, which puts it in the much faster than average category. That projection is national, not state-specific, but Arizona's tech sector concentration in the Phoenix metro makes it a plausible fit. We would not expect the state to lag that trend.

The mean wage of $168,080 runs about $7,000 above the median. A smaller group of high earners pulls the average up, which is typical for management roles where titles compress below director level and then jump sharply above it.