Earnings, Wages & Income

Average weekly earnings in Cochise County in March 2026 were $1,010.35, down 14.8% from March 2025. Average weekly hours worked were 33.6, down from 34.9 in March a year prior. Countywide average hourly earnings in March were $30.07, down 11.5% from March 2025.

See spreadsheets, below, for monthly and annual Cochise County average weekly wage, hours worked, and average hourly wage data.

• Median wages in Cochise County reached $47,046 in 2025, increasing by +2.4% from 2024 and by +30.1% from 2019, which reflects an average annual gain of about +4.5% over the longer period. This indicates that while wages are still rising, the pace of growth has clearly slowed in the most recent year, suggesting a transition from rapid post-pandemic gains to more moderate increases.
• Management occupations reported a median wage of $99,702 in 2025, rising by +4.1% from 2024 and by +10.4% from 2019, equal to about +1.7% annually. This slower growth relative to other groups suggests that higher-wage occupations have seen less upward pressure, possibly because they were already elevated earlier in the period.
• Business and financial operations occupations reached $85,611, increasing by +5.4% from 2024 and by +12.9% from 2019, or about +2.0% annually. In contrast, computer and mathematical occupations rose to $105,352, up by +2.5% over the year and by +70.5% since 2019, or about +9.3% annually. This large gap highlights a continued structural shift, with technical occupations driving the strongest wage growth in the county.
• Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations recorded a median wage of $78,701 in 2025, increasing by +1.1% from 2024 and by +46.8% from 2019, or about +6.6% annually. Construction and extraction occupations reached $47,939, rising by +0.4% over the year and by +60.1% since 2019, or about +8.1% annually. These trends suggest that essential and skilled trades have experienced sustained upward wage pressure, even as recent gains have slowed sharply.
• Office and administrative support occupations had a median wage of $40,640 in 2025, increasing by +3.2% from 2024 and by +44.4% from 2019, or about +6.3% annually. Sales and related occupations reached $34,122, rising by +4.1% over the year and by +36.6% from 2019, or about +5.3% annually. The stronger long-term growth in these lower- and mid-wage groups points to broad-based wage compression, with gains at the lower end helping narrow wage gaps across occupations.

See spreadsheets below for Cochise County hourly and annual wage data by occupation.

• In 2024, Cochise County had a per capita personal income (PCPI) of $55,303. This PCPI ranked 8th in the state (of Arizona’s 15 counties) and was 84% of the state average, $65,798, and 75.5% of the national average, $73,204. The 2024 PCPI reflected an increase of 3.5% from 2023. The 2023–2024 state change was 4.4% and the national change was 4.6%. 
• In 2014, the PCPI of Cochise County was $35,349 and ranked 5th in the state. The 2014–2024 compound annual growth rate of PCPI was 4.6%. The compound annual growth rate for the state was 5.6% and for the nation was 4.7%.

See spreadsheets, below, for Cochise County annual total and per capita income data in both current and real (inflation-adjusted) dollars.