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Arizona's minimum is $15.15/hr, with a tipped cash wage of $12.15 where tips make up the difference.

Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Oregon share this page. Their rules produce the same answer to within a rounding difference, so publishing separate near-identical pages would add URLs without adding information. Every figure below applies to all 6.

Arizona minimum wage earnings estimator

Arizona's minimum is $15.15/hr, with a tipped cash wage of $12.15 where tips make up the difference.

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Arizona at a glance

FigureArizonaSource
State minimum wage$15.15/hr[4]
Tipped cash wage$12.15/hr[4]
Full-time annual gross$31,512[4]
Median 2BR rent$1,709[1]

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State minimum wage — all 50 states

Arizona highlighted. Same data as the table below, shown as a distribution so the comparison is visible at a glance.

State minimum wage — all 50 states. Arizona is $15, ranked 10 of 50. The national median is $11, the highest is $17 (Washington), and the lowest is $7 (Wyoming). WA $17 NY $17 CT $17 CA $17 HI $16 RI $16 NJ $16 OR $16 CO $15 AZ $15 ME $15 DE $15 IL $15 MD $15 MA $15 MO $15 NE $15 VT $14 AK $14 FL $14 MI $14 VA $13 NV $12 NM $12 SD $12 MN $11 AR $11 OH $11 MT $11 WV $9 AL $7 GA $7 ID $7 IN $7 IA $7 KS $7 KY $7 LA $7 MS $7 NH $7 NC $7 ND $7 OK $7 PA $7 SC $7 TN $7 TX $7 UT $7 WI $7 WY $7

Highlighted: Arizona, ranked 10 of 50. Median $11.

Arizona earnings by hours and weeks worked

Annual gross at Arizona's $15.15 minimum across realistic schedules.

Hours/week26 wks36 wks44 wks48 wks50 wks52 wks
10 h$3,939$5,454$6,666$7,272$7,575$7,878
12 h$4,727$6,545$7,999$8,726$9,090$9,454
15 h$5,909$8,181$9,999$10,908$11,363$11,817
18 h$7,090$9,817$11,999$13,090$13,635$14,180
20 h$7,878$10,908$13,332$14,544$15,150$15,756
24 h$9,454$13,090$15,998$17,453$18,180$18,907
25 h$9,848$13,635$16,665$18,180$18,938$19,695
28 h$11,029$15,271$18,665$20,362$21,210$22,058
30 h$11,817$16,362$19,998$21,816$22,725$23,634
32 h$12,605$17,453$21,331$23,270$24,240$25,210
35 h$13,787$19,089$23,331$25,452$26,513$27,573
37.5 h$14,771$20,453$24,998$27,270$28,406$29,543
40 h$15,756$21,816$26,664$29,088$30,300$31,512
45 h$17,726$24,543$29,997$32,724$34,088$35,451
50 h$19,695$27,270$33,330$36,360$37,875$39,390

Worked figures for Arizona

Arizona values:

HoursWeeklyMonthlyAnnualRent Burden
10 h/wk$152$657$7,878260%
15 h/wk$227$985$11,817174%
20 h/wk$303$1,313$15,756130%
25 h/wk$379$1,641$19,695104%
30 h/wk$455$1,970$23,63487%
35 h/wk$530$2,298$27,57374%
40 h/wk$606$2,626$31,51265%
45 h/wk$682$2,954$35,45158%
50 h/wk$758$3,283$39,39052%

How Arizona compares nationally

On state minimum wage, Arizona ranks #10 of 50 at $15.15/hr33% above the median of $11.41/hr. The national range runs from $7.25/hr (Wyoming) to $17.13/hr (Washington).

RankStateState minimum wage
#8Oregon$15.55/hr
#9Colorado$15.16/hr
#10Arizona$15.15/hr
#11Maine$15.10/hr
#12Delaware$15.00/hr

Above the federal floors, ranked

Same rule structure as Arizona:

StateState minimum wagevs Arizona
Connecticut$16.94/hr+11.8%
Hawaii$16.00/hr+5.6%
New Jersey$15.92/hr+5.1%
Arizona$15.15/hr
Maryland$15.00/hr-1.0%
Michigan$13.73/hr-9.4%
Virginia$12.77/hr-15.7%
South Dakota$11.85/hr-21.8%
Arkansas$11.00/hr-27.4%
West Virginia$8.75/hr-42.2%

Arizona questions, answered with Arizona numbers

What is the minimum wage in Arizona?
$15.15/hour · rank #10/50 · $7.90 above the federal floor.
What does that pay full time in Arizona?
$31,512/year · $2,626/month · $606/week at 40 h.
Can it cover Arizona rent?
Median 2BR rent is $1,709 · that is 65% of full-time minimum-wage income (well above the 30% affordability benchmark).
What about tipped work in Arizona?
Cash wage $12.15 · tip credit $3.00 · tips must bring you to $15.15.
Part-time at 20 hours?
$15,756/year · $1,313/month · rent would take 130% of it.

Other above the federal floors

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Last reviewed 2026-08-26. Arizona figures only — verify with the relevant Arizona agency before acting. How this is calculated.