Earnings, Wages & Income

Cochise County, Arizona

A project of Southeast Arizona Economic Development Group in partnership with Arizona G&T Cooperatives and community sponsors

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Earnings & hours (weekly/hourly)

Occupational employment & wages (annual/hourly)

Personal income

Income, earnings & wages (table)

Household wages (chart)

Total personal income (chart)

Per capita personal income (chart)

Median household income (chart)

Income inequality (chart)

Earnings & hours

Average weekly earnings in Cochise County were $773.01 in January 2023 (up 9.0% from January 2022). Average weekly hours worked were 31.5 (down from 34.7 in January a year prior). Countywide average hourly earnings in January were $24.54 (up 20.1% from January 2022).

Average Hours & Earnings (weekly & hourly) (2011-current) (pdf)

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Average Hours & Earnings (weekly & hourly) (2011-current) (xlsx)

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Occupational employment & wages

The average annual wage in Cochise County in 2021 was $51,930 ($24.97 hourly), which was 94.1% of the Arizona statewide average wage of $55,170 ($26.53 hourly) and 89.1% of the national average wage of $58,260 ($28.01 hourly). Cochise County's average wage in 2021 was up 3.6% from 2020.

Occupational Employment & Wages (2017-current) (pdf)

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Occupational Employment & Wages (2017-current) (xlsx)

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Annual wages

Hourly wages

Personal income

In 2021, Cochise County had a per capita personal income (PCPI) of $49,096. That was 5th highest of Arizona's 15 counties and was 88.5% of the state average, $55,487, and 76.5% of the national average, $64,143.
Cochise County's PCPI was up 4.7% in 2021, compared to the state change of 6% and the national change of 7.3%.
In the 10 years from 2011 through 2021, Cochise County's compound annual growth rate of PCPI was 3.4%, compared to 4.6% for the state and 4.1% for the nation.

Personal Income (1969-current) (pdf)

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Personal Income (1969-current) (xlsx)

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