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What sets Arizona apart in 2026

A single 2.5% rate covers every Arizona wage earner, and no city or county adds its own, Phoenix and Tucson included. A single worker on $50,000 pays $848 in state tax, 1.7% of gross, and even at $150,000 the bill is $3,348, or 2.23%. Arizona ranks 5th of 29 states at $50,000, $75,000 and $100,000, and 4th at $150,000.

The less settled part is the standard deduction, which Arizona now ties to the federal one. A June 2026 law set the base at $15,750 single and $31,500 joint and requires the same inflation adjustment the IRS applies, giving $16,100 and $32,200 for 2026. Those are the amounts used here, but the Arizona Department of Revenue had not published its own 2026 figure when this was checked, so they rest on a reading of the statute. The gap from the unadjusted base is under $10 of tax a year.

Nothing else is taken at state level: there is no employee-paid disability or paid-leave deduction, and unemployment insurance is paid by employers only. The statewide minimum wage is $15.15 an hour, with higher local minimums in Flagstaff ($18.35) and Tucson ($15.45).