SOC 53-2021 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025
How much do Air Traffic Controllers make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Air Traffic Controllers in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is $161,220. The 10th percentile is $94,620 and the 90th percentile is $204,980. Employment is 220.
Median annual wage
$161,220
- 10th percentile
- $94,620
- 25th percentile
- $132,640
- Median
- $161,220
- 75th percentile
- $186,640
- 90th percentile
- $204,980
- Mean
- $157,890
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Air Traffic Controllers, the published 10th percentile is $94,620 and the 90th percentile is $204,980. The difference is $110,360, which is 68.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $132,640 to the 75th at $186,640, covers $54,000.
The mean annual wage is $157,890, which sits below the median of $161,220. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ median is 8.9% higher than the national median of $148,080 for Air Traffic Controllers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $156,046, which is 5.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 17.9% higher than the Arizona median of $136,800.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $161,220 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Air Traffic Controllers at $156,046 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Air Traffic Controllers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Employment share
Air Traffic Controllers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ (220 of 2,375,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (22,510 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.64 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.
Highest-paying jobs in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ · Air Traffic Controllers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Air Traffic Controllers make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Air Traffic Controllers in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is $161,220. The 10th percentile is $94,620 and the 90th percentile is $204,980. Employment is 220.
How does that compare with the national median for Air Traffic Controllers?
The local median is 8.9% higher than the national median of $148,080.
What is Air Traffic Controllers pay in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $161,220 is $156,046. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.