The local economy of Arizona and its counties, metro areas and cities, from official US government data, plus daily local gas prices for the state, its counties and metro areas.
Unemployment rate
4.9%
+0.5 ptsvs a year ago
Counties: lowest Greenlee County 3.6%, highest Yuma County 19.0%.
August 2026, seasonally adjusted, preliminary
Average weekly pay
$1,495
+4.5%vs a year ago
3,249,138 jobs at 227,835 business locations.
Q1 2026, all jobs
New homes permitted
47,257
-12.0%this year vs last year
Most in Maricopa County 29,326, Pinal County 7,578.
Homes in the last 12 months, to August 2026
People moving in
+26,663
+4.7 per 1,000residents
205,637 moved in and 178,974 moved out. Most newcomers came from California.
Net people, 2022 to 2023, the newest year published
Arizona gas price
$4.72
+$1.22vs a year ago
Counties: lowest Cochise County $4.46, highest Coconino County $4.88. Counties and metro areas
Regular, per gallon, Arizona, October 10, 2026
Newest data: -. Not seasonally adjusted: compare with the same month a year earlier. Click a row for the history of that area.
The state, its counties and metro areas, updated daily. A separate series from the weekly survey prices above.
Business locations, employees and payroll by industry, 2023. Click an industry for its US report.
Business locations
163K
+1.9%vs 2022
2023, places with paid employees
Employees
2.89M
+3.7%vs 2022
Largest sector: Health Care and Social Assistance (15.1%).
2023, mid-March
Annual payroll
$178.8B
Wages and salaries paid during the year.
2023, all industries
Average pay
$61,860
Highest sector: Utilities $118,211.
Per employee per year
Share of Arizona's employees, 2023
| Industry | Employees | Average pay |
|---|---|---|
| Restaurants and Other Eating Places | 262,256 | $25,093 |
| Employment Services | 142,804 | $49,157 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | 98,838 | $86,777 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 77,421 | $92,416 |
| Building Equipment Contractors | 64,403 | $72,120 |
| General Merchandise Stores, including Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters | 57,260 | $34,034 |
| Offices of Physicians | 54,888 | $105,220 |
| Grocery Stores | 53,946 | $33,699 |
| Traveler Accommodation | 51,896 | $43,266 |
| Individual and Family Services | 51,309 | $32,630 |
| Services to Buildings and Dwellings | 50,372 | $38,966 |
| Insurance Carriers | 50,176 | $85,790 |
Most values are changed slightly to protect the privacy of single businesses; a few are withheld and shown as a range. Counties and metro areas have the same numbers in the area card above (Industries).
Offered pay in certified work-visa filings, fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025). Click a company for its jobs and salaries.
In fiscal year 2025, employers offered a median of $106,000 a year in 9,347 certified H-1B filings for jobs in Arizona, up 2.1% from 2024 (US: $120,000). The largest job group was Software Developers. Fiscal year 2026 so far covers filings decided through Jun 30, 2026.
Median offered pay
$106,000
+2.1%vs 2024
Middle half: $85,000 to $132,000.
H-1B, fiscal year 2025
H-1B filings
9,347
+5.8%vs 2024
11,916 positions asked for.
Certified, full-time, fiscal year 2025
Top job group
$112,986
Software Developers, 2,946 filings.
Median offered pay of the largest job group
Green card jobs
$101,000
+2.2%vs 2024
1,672 PERM filings.
PERM median, fiscal year 2025
Median and middle half of the offers in Arizona, next to the US median. Hover a year for the numbers.
| Job group | Filings | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 2,946 | $112,986 |
| Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians | 1,092 | $103,875 |
| Data Scientists | 355 | $100,000 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 320 | $99,424 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 283 | $95,680 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 277 | $97,240 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | 247 | $123,490 |
| Computer Programmers | 239 | $83,180 |
| Industrial Engineers | 228 | $105,964 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 218 | $175,506 |
| Employer | Filings | Cities |
|---|---|---|
| American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. AXP | 456 | 6 |
| Intel Corporation | 333 | 3 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp. CTSH | 317 | 12 |
| Infosys Limited INFY | 232 | 4 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited TCS.NS | 185 | 5 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC AMZN | 176 | 8 |
| Arizona State University | 164 | 6 |
| ASM America, Inc. | 162 | 3 |
| TSMC Arizona Corporation | 133 | 1 |
| Intraedge, Inc. | 126 | 4 |
| City | Filings | Median pay | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | 3,713 | $106,000 | $85,696 to $130,000 |
| Chandler | 1,261 | $106,000 | $93,538 to $128,877 |
| Tempe | 1,223 | $108,971 | $83,760 to $135,000 |
| Scottsdale | 1,011 | $106,500 | $88,377 to $133,740 |
| Tucson | 444 | $97,240 | $71,904 to $130,000 |
| Mesa | 287 | $105,976 | $87,100 to $130,000 |
| Gilbert | 250 | $124,350 | $99,435 to $147,476 |
| Glendale | 155 | $112,965 | $96,000 to $143,008 |
| Peoria | 141 | $115,000 | $103,875 to $145,385 |
| Casa Grande | 125 | $119,579 | $102,627 to $125,840 |
Yearly pay that employers offered in certified work-visa filings (H-1B, E-3 and PERM green card), from official public data. Pay is the lower end of the offered pay range, for full-time positions only. These are offered pay figures for positions in work-visa filings, not the pay of all employees. A filing is an offer for a position, not a hire, and one person can appear in several filings. Fiscal years run from October to September. Groups with fewer than 3 filings show counts only. Employers are ranked by filings in the cities of Arizona added up.
Declared disasters and flood insurance claims: what happened, from official public data.
Arizona has had 120 declared disasters and emergencies since 1966, 89 of them since 2000, most often Fire. Flood insurance has paid $62.9 million on 5,336 claims since 1978; the biggest year was 2014 ($8.22 million).
Declared disasters
89
23 major disasters. Most often Fire (82 since 1966).
Since 2000, all types; 120 since 1966
Flood claims paid
$17.2M
761 claims. Biggest year 2014 ($8.22M).
2016 to 2025, flood insurance
Policies in force
22,417
Average premium $804 a year.
2025, flood insurance policies
Most-declared county
20
Yavapai County, latest Apr 19, 2022.
Declarations since 2000
Declarations for Arizona, 1966 to today
Claims paid in Arizona by the year of the flood, US dollars
Declarations since 1966
Declarations naming the county since 2000; statewide ones not counted
All years since 1978; policies are a yearly average. Top 15 of 15.
| # | County | Claims | Paid | Policies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maricopa County | 2,633 | $26.1M | 16,091 |
| 2 | Pima County | 584 | $7.87M | 4,150 |
| 3 | Yavapai County | 470 | $6.31M | 1,947 |
| 4 | Coconino County | 295 | $5.25M | 1,217 |
| 5 | Gila County | 154 | $3.54M | 399 |
| 6 | Pinal County | 150 | $3.46M | 1,003 |
| 7 | Greenlee County | 142 | $2.16M | 43 |
| 8 | Mohave County | 164 | $1.87M | 1,449 |
| 9 | Santa Cruz County | 161 | $1.29M | 555 |
| 10 | La Paz County | 113 | $1.05M | 292 |
| 11 | Yuma County | 123 | $1.05M | 579 |
| 12 | Navajo County | 106 | $971K | 666 |
| 13 | Cochise County | 115 | $641K | 1,205 |
| 14 | Graham County | 43 | $355K | 255 |
| 15 | Apache County | 10 | $18K | 55 |
A declaration opens federal help after a disaster; it can name counties or the whole state. Flood insurance numbers count insured losses only (most homes have no flood insurance) and are not adjusted for inflation; the current year is data so far. For the flood-zone risk of a place, open the area on the real estate map.
Environmental compliance records, workplace safety inspections and greenhouse gas reports of facilities in Arizona, from official public data.
Official public data lists 2,257 facilities in Arizona with records since 2010, 2,197 of them with environmental compliance records. In 2022 to 2026, the largest penalties were at Hill Brothers Chemical CO in Phoenix ($205,000). 112 large facilities reported 42.1 million metric tons of greenhouse gases in 2023, up 3.7% from 2022.
Facilities with records
2,257
2,197 with environmental records.
Since 2010
Largest penalties
$205K
Hill Brothers Chemical CO, Phoenix.
One facility, 2022 to 2026
Greenhouse gases
42.1M t
+3.7%vs 2022
112 reporting facilities.
Metric tons CO2e, 2023
Largest emitter
7.02M t
Springerville Generating Station, Springerville.
Metric tons CO2e, 2023
| Facility | Penalties | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| Hill Brothers Chemical CO Phoenix | $205,000 | 0 |
| Fann Contracting, INC. Prescott | $72,128 | 0 |
| City of Tolleson - WWTP - Inf Tolleson | $47,068 | 0 |
| New Wincup Holdings Phoenix | $10,920 | 6 |
| Vitron Manufacturing Phoenix | $7,500 | 6 |
| Santan Gilbert | $5,596 | 6 |
| Sturm Ruger & CO INC Prescott Fndy Prescott | $5,000 | 2 |
| Cafe Valley Bakery Phoenix | $4,500 | 0 |
| Cmc Steel Fabricators Mesa | $4,400 | 8 |
| Henry Products INC Phoenix | $2,860 | 4 |
| Facility | Metric tons CO2e |
|---|---|
| Springerville Generating Station Springerville | 7,022,190 |
| Gila River Power Station Gila Bend | 4,049,874 |
| Coronado Generating Station St Johns | 3,663,723 |
| Mesquite Generating Station Arlington | 3,009,090 |
| Santan Gilbert | 2,329,387 |
| Cholla Joseph City | 2,078,035 |
| Arizona Public Service Company Redhawk Power Plant Arlington | 1,670,569 |
| Apache Station Cochise | 1,458,091 |
| Griffith Energy LLC Golden Valley | 1,435,175 |
| Aps West Phoenix Power Plant Phoenix | 1,413,917 |
Large facilities in Arizona, metric tons of CO2 equivalent. Hover a year for the number.
Their facilities in Arizona, 2022 to 2026. Click a company for its Risk & Compliance tab.
| Company | Facilities | Penalties | CO2e (t) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle West Capital Corporation PNW | 8 | $2,319 | 6.06M |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK-B | 1 | $0 | 81K |
Official public data on environmental compliance records, workplace safety inspections and greenhouse gas reports, summarized by facility and year since 2010. A record does not mean a site is unsafe today; penalties and violations vary a lot by industry and size. Penalties are the amounts assessed (after settlements), not amounts paid. Recent years can still change.
Cost, students and graduate earnings of the colleges in the state, from official public data.
The newest unemployment rate, pay, new home permits, moves and gas price for Arizona, updated as new official numbers come out.
Unemployment for Arizona is seasonally adjusted; for its counties, metro areas and cities it is not, so compare a month with the same month a year earlier. Pay covers all jobs that pay into unemployment insurance. Building permits count homes approved to be built, not homes sold. Moves count households by where they filed their tax returns in two years in a row. Daily gas prices are average pump prices for Arizona, its counties and metro areas on the day shown. The weekly gas prices in the explorer come from a separate weekly survey that publishes a price for only some states, so a state without one shows the price of its region there; the two series are never combined.
The unemployment rate in Arizona was 4.9% in August 2026 (seasonally adjusted, preliminary), compared with 4.4% a year earlier. 3,519,568 people were employed out of a labor force of 3,701,822. Among its counties, Greenlee County had the lowest rate (3.6%) and Yuma County the highest (19.0%, not seasonally adjusted).
Average weekly pay in Arizona was $1,495 in Q1 2026, up 4.5% from a year earlier, across 3,249,138 jobs at 227,835 business locations.
Building permits were issued for 4,266 new homes in Arizona in August 2026 (2,097 single-family and 2,116 in buildings with 5 or more units). From January to August the total was 29,734, down 12.0% from the same months last year, and 47,257 in the last 12 months. The most homes were permitted in Maricopa County (29,326), Pinal County (7,578), Pima County (4,828) over the last 12 months.
Yes. From 2022 to 2023, 205,637 people moved to Arizona and 178,974 moved away, a net gain of 26,663 (+4.7 per 1,000 residents). Most newcomers came from California, Texas, Washington, and most people who left went to California, Texas, Washington.
Regular gasoline in Arizona averaged $4.72 per gallon on October 10, 2026, up $1.22 from a year earlier. Diesel averaged $6.21. Among its counties, Cochise County had the lowest regular price ($4.46) and Coconino County the highest ($4.88).
Health Care and Social Assistance (434,866 employees), Retail Trade (358,161 employees), Accommodation and Food Services (343,720 employees) were the largest sectors in Arizona in 2023. In all, 162,845 business locations employed 2,890,429 people at an average pay of $61,860 a year.
$106,000 a year was the median pay offered in 9,347 certified H-1B filings for jobs in Arizona in fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), up 2.1% from 2024. The middle half of the offers ranged from $85,000 to $132,000. The US median was $120,000. These are offered pay figures in work-visa filings, not the pay of all workers.
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (456), Intel Corporation (333), Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp. (317), Infosys Limited (232), Tata Consultancy Services Limited (185) had the most certified H-1B filings for jobs in Arizona in fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025).
Software Developers (2,946 filings, median $112,986), Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians (1,092 filings, median $103,875), Data Scientists (355 filings, median $100,000) were the largest job groups in certified H-1B filings in Arizona in fiscal year 2025.
$124,350 was the median offered pay in Gilbert, the highest among the Arizona cities with the most H-1B filings in fiscal year 2025 (250 filings).
$101,000 a year was the median pay offered in 1,672 certified PERM green card filings for jobs in Arizona in fiscal year 2025.
120 disasters and emergencies have been declared for Arizona since 1966, 89 of them since 2000 (23 major disasters). The most common type is Fire (82 declarations).
Yavapai County, with 20 declarations since 2000, followed by Coconino County (19) and Maricopa County (17). Statewide declarations are not counted for single counties.
$62.9 million on 5,336 flood insurance claims since 1978. The biggest year was 2014, with $8.22 million paid on 287 claims. Maricopa County received the most ($26.1 million).
$804 a year in 2025, across 22,417 flood insurance policies in Arizona. Most homes have no flood insurance; the premium depends on the home's flood risk and coverage.