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Title: Tax Preparation Support hourly rate in Arizona | Deftridge
Summary: Tax Preparation Support pay in Arizona: median wage $48 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $80. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024.

AZ · United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Tax Preparation Support hourly rate in Arizona

The market median wage for a Tax Preparation Support in Arizona is **$48.11 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$80 an hour** on Deftridge, -11% against the United States rate.

**$80/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$48.11/hr** median wage

**$44-70** middle half of wages

**$1,730** a month at 5 hours a week

## Tax Preparation Support wage percentiles in Arizona

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $38.64 | $840 | $80,400 |
| 25th | $43.72 | $950 | $90,900 |
| Median | $48.11 | $1,040 | $100,100 |
| 75th | $70.11 | $1,520 | $145,800 |
| 90th | $109.29 | $2,370 | $227,300 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 2,480 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Arizona in numbers

What sets Arizona apart for a Tax Preparation Support, from the same sources as the table above.

- **-10%** median wage against the United States median of $53.45

- **33rd of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **2,480** people employed in the role in this place

- **$48.11** median wage in the Flagstaff metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Tax Preparation Support in Arizona by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist | $65 | $1,410 |
| Senior | $80 | $1,730 |
| Manager | $95 | $2,060 |

- One-off task **$80**

- Task bundle **$70**

## Tax Preparation Support pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Tax Preparation Support, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage Arizona ranks **33 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $90.88 | $150 |
| Alaska | $84.73 | $140 |
| New York | $81.15 | $135 |
| Kansas | $49.37 | $80 |
| Michigan | $48.91 | $80 |
| Connecticut | $48.71 | $80 |
| Arizona | $48.11 | $80 |
| Wisconsin | $47.74 | $80 |
| Washington | $47.56 | $80 |
| Missouri | $46.63 | $75 |

## Metro areas in Arizona

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Flagstaff $48.11/hr median wage · range $44-70](https://deftridge.com/rates/tax-preparation-support/arizona/)

- [Phoenix $48.11/hr median wage · range $44-72](https://deftridge.com/rates/tax-preparation-support/arizona/)

- [Sierra Vista $48.11/hr median wage · range $44-70](https://deftridge.com/rates/tax-preparation-support/arizona/)

- [Tucson $42.87/hr median wage · range $37-69](https://deftridge.com/rates/tax-preparation-support/arizona/)

- [Prescott Valley $41.93/hr median wage · range $41-59](https://deftridge.com/rates/tax-preparation-support/arizona/)

- [Yuma $40.83/hr median wage · range $35-44](https://deftridge.com/rates/tax-preparation-support/arizona/)

- [Lake Havasu City $39.78/hr median wage · range $39-51](https://deftridge.com/rates/tax-preparation-support/arizona/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Tax Preparation Support rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/tax-preparation-support/) · [Tax Preparation Support jobs in Arizona](https://deftridge.com/jobs/tax-preparation-support/arizona/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
