How much do Cashiers make in Tucson, AZ?

Percentile spread

For Cashiers, the published 10th percentile is $30,580 and the 90th percentile is $37,650. The difference is $7,070, which is 21.6% 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 $31,260 to the 75th at $35,380, covers $4,120.

The mean annual wage is $34,360, which sits above the median of $32,780. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Tucson, AZ median is 0.3% lower than the national median of $32,880 for Cashiers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $33,830, which is 2.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.3% lower than the Arizona median of $34,600.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Tucson, AZ is 96.896, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $32,780 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cashiers at $33,830 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cashiers. Tucson, AZ ranks 3rd of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 75 miles away, with a median of $34,920 and employment of 48,660. That median is 6.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,799, against $33,830 here.
• Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ is 119 miles away, with a median of $31,570 and employment of 1,150. That median is 3.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,375, against $33,830 here.
• Yuma, AZ is 132 miles away, with a median of $31,790 and employment of 1,880. That median is 3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,291, against $33,830 here.

Employment share

Cashiers accounts for 2.5% of wage-and-salary employment in Tucson, AZ (9,610 of 389,630). Nationally the occupation is 2.0% of employment (3,089,410 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.24 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.