Kennel Attendant Salary in Arizona

Arizona sits ahead of the national figures at every point in the distribution, but by very different margins.

The 10th percentile, $33,320, is 22% above the national $27,250, and the 25th percentile, $35,890, is 20% above the national $29,820.

The lead narrows at the middle — the median is $2,820, or 8%, above the national $35,360 — then widens sharply toward the top: the 75th percentile, $47,080, is 18% above the national figure, and the 90th percentile, $68,090, is $18,030, or 36%, above the national $50,060.

Benchmarking an offer against the national median alone would miss how high the top of the Arizona distribution reaches.

Half of the Arizona workers counted earned between $35,890 and $47,080 — a 25th-to-75th band $11,190 wide, close to the national $10,230.

The full span from the 10th percentile to the 90th is another story: $34,770, against $22,810 nationally, with almost all of the extra width above the band — the gap from the 75th percentile to the 90th is $21,010.

The median sits low in the band, $2,290 above the 25th percentile and $8,900 below the 75th.

OEWS does not publish why a distribution has this shape, and this row spans every industry, so this page does not assign it a cause.

The Arizona hourly median is $18.35, against $17.00 nationally — $1.35 more, an 8% gap that matches the annual one.

The data set carries hourly pay at the median only, so this is the figure to hold an hourly posting against.

Before comparing a posted rate with the annual percentiles, ask how many hours a week the role is scheduled.

BLS estimates 6,330 animal caretakers were employed in Arizona across all industries — 14th of the 51 jurisdictions in the release.

The median wage ranks higher: 6th of the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median.

The estimate is a headcount of people in jobs during the survey period, not a count of openings, and BLS publishes no state count of how many of these workers are in veterinary settings.

In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Arizona have a median of $46,300 — $8,120, or 21%, more than the all-industry animal caretaker median on this page, about 1.2 times as much.

The comparison sets a veterinary occupation against one that spans all industries, so it is context for someone weighing a move into technician work, not a measure of what this role pays, and not a raise anyone should expect: the two figures count different workers in different occupations.