Tellers in Arizona
Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.
The headline
Industry employment fell while average weekly industry wages rose
A data-driven view of the industries that employ Tellers in Arizona.
Occupation pay
What Tellers earn in Arizona
BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.
Median annual wage
$45,250Arizona- Middle 50% of published wages
- $39,850 – $46,430
- U.S. median annual wage
- $43,030
- Reference period
- May 2025
The middle 50% is the 25th-to-75th percentile wage range, not an experience-level band. Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.
Pay around Arizona
How median pay varies by metro area
Published BLS OEWS metro estimates for Tellers, compared with the Arizona median of $45,250.
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$46,040+1.7% vs. state
Flagstaff, AZ$44,020−2.7% vs. state
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$43,270−4.4% vs. state
Tucson, AZ$42,900−5.2% vs. state
Yuma, AZ$42,260−6.6% vs. state
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$42,110−6.9% vs. state
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Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$39,270−13.2% vs. state
Areas are ordered by published median wage for readability, not as an overall job-market ranking. The vertical marker is the Arizona median. Some BLS metropolitan areas cross state lines, so a metro estimate can cover workers in more than one state.
Verified snapshot
Market at a Glance
Key changes in Arizona’s weighted industry mix.
Published coverage: 25,990 represented establishments, 97.82% of the published industry mix.
Latest interpretation
What stands out for tellers in Arizona
The clearest signals from the latest validated state industry context and occupation-pay data.
Arizona trails the U.S. on weighted-industry employment
Employment across the industries associated with Tellers changed -0.3% year over year in Arizona, 0.6 percentage points below the national change of +0.3%. This is weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment.
BLS QCEW weighted industry contextPublished occupation pay is above the U.S. median
The published median annual wage for Tellers in Arizona is $45,250, 5.2% above the U.S. median of $43,030.
BLS OEWS occupation payGrowth is concentrated in one industry group
Private education and health services was the only one of the 6 leading weighted industry groups with published employment growth, at +1.0%.
BLS QCEW weighted industry contextIndustry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score.
Employment trends
Arizona industry employment over time
Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.
- Arizona · 2026 Q1-0.3%
- U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark+0.3%
View every published value
| Quarter | Arizona | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | -0.2% | 100% |
| 2024 Q3 | -0.2% | 100% |
| 2024 Q4 | +0.9% | 100% |
| 2025 Q1 | +2.4% | 100% |
| 2025 Q2 | +2.5% | 100% |
| 2025 Q3 | +0.8% | 100% |
| 2025 Q4 | +1.1% | 100% |
| 2026 Q1 | -0.3% | 100% |
How to read this chart
State trend and national reference
The solid line follows Arizona’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.
- Published quarters
- 8
- Earliest quarter
- 2024 Q2
- Latest quarter
- 2026 Q1
- U.S. benchmark
- +0.3%
Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.
Industry context
Where Tellers Work
The occupation mix determines which Arizona industries are weighted into this view.
| Industry group | Occupation mix | Employment change | Establishments | Avg. weekly industry wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial activities | 97.7% | -0.3% | 25,990 | $2,485 |
| Professional and business services | 2.0% | -1.2% | 57,868 | $1,757 |
| Private education and health services | 0.1% | +1.0% | 25,989 | $1,304 |
| Other services | 0.1% | -2.0% | 13,286 | $1,054 |
| State and local | 0.1% | -0.3% | 2,050 | $1,226 |
| Leisure and hospitality | 0.0% | -0.4% | 17,060 | $702 |
Which industries are growing?
One weighted industry is growing
Only weighted industries with a published positive Arizona employment change are listed.
- Private education and health services+1.0%
The remaining weighted industries published a flat or negative change in January to March 2026.
Current Arizona context
Current Arizona Market Signals
Statewide indicators for all occupations in Arizona. They are not Tellers demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.
Statewide job postings
Indeed job postings · Arizona
Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score
Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100
View values: Indeed postings index
| Observation date | Index (Feb 2020 = 100) |
|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | 110.11 |
| Jul 3, 2026 | 110.47 |
| Jul 10, 2026 | 110.82 |
| Jul 17, 2026 | 111.44 |
| Jul 24, 2026 | 112.34 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 112.89 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 112.21 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 111.77 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 111.82 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 111.90 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 112.49 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 112.80 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 113.57 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 114.58 |
This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.
Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Sep 30, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.
Questions answered by this release
Tellers in Arizona FAQs
Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.
Is employment growing for Tellers in Arizona?
The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Arizona industries weighted to Tellers changed -0.3% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with +0.3% nationwide.
Are wages for Tellers rising in Arizona?
QCEW does not publish pay for Tellers in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +6.1% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.
How complete is this Arizona industry view?
The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 100% of the occupation’s industry mix.
Does this page show current Tellers openings?
No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.
Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 100% · full evidence record
Methodology & Sources
Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.
- Occupation
- Tellers
- SOC code
- 43-3071
- State
- Arizona
- QCEW release label
- QCEW 2026 Q1
- Data period
- 2026 Q1
- State industry employment, year over year
- -0.3%State data coverage 100%
- U.S. benchmark, year over year
- +0.3%
- Difference from U.S. benchmark
- -0.6 percentage points
- Establishments, year over year
- -2.1%State data coverage 100%
- Average weekly industry wage, year over year
- +6.1%State data coverage 100%
- Industry mix vintage
- EP-2025-2035
- BLS publication date
- Aug 28, 2026
- Source verification
- Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
- Calculation date
- Sep 30, 2026
- Canonical record URL
- https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/tellers/arizona#evidence-record
- Derived by
- JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix
MethodologyBLS QCEWHow to citeQCEW state context release, 2026 Q1
Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.