47-2082 - BLS OEWS 2025
Tapers wages in Arizona
The BLS reported a $27.07 median hourly wage for tapers in Arizona in 2025. This page is generated only because that exact state-and-trade cell exists in the official OEWS data.
Important: These are worker wages, not contractor billing rates - a contractor's quote adds overhead, insurance, equipment, and margin.
Median hourly wage
$27.07
BLS OEWS 2025
10th-90th percentile
$19.12-$36.83
Hourly worker wage range.
Employment
780
State employment estimate.
Median-wage rank
#19
of 27 jurisdictions with this trade.
What is unique in this BLS cell
State premium
Arizona's median is -$3.51 per hour below the median state record for tapers ($30.58).
Labor-market size
This state ranks #4 by BLS employment among generated tapers records, with 780 workers reported.
Trend
Median hourly pay moved from $21.60 in 2019 to $27.07 in 2025, a +25% change.
2019-2025 median wage trend
| Year | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $21.60 |
| 2020 | $24.00 |
| 2021 | $22.71 |
| 2022 | $23.82 |
| 2023 | $25.28 |
| 2024 | $23.16 |
| 2025 | $27.07 |
Same trade, large BLS labor markets
Source and limitation
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (OEWS), OEWS 2019-2025. This page uses only the published BLS row for Tapers in Arizona. It does not estimate missing cells, interpolate suppressed values, or convert worker wages into contractor quotes.