By Jeff Chew | InMaricopa
Maricopa is the seventh-ranked city in Arizona for higher salaries and a lower cost of living.
Affordability is a big deal in Arizona, which is in the top 30% of most expensive states to live in.
Hawaii-based financial think tank GOBankingRates, using U.S. Census data, reports Maricopa has an average annual salary of $88,355, 18% higher than the national median, and a cost of living 6% higher than the national average.
No. 1 on the state list is Peoria with an average annual salary of $94,167. The city northwest of Phoenix and wedged between Glendale and Sun City reports an annual salary of 26% higher than the 2022 national median of $74,580. Peoria’s cost of living is 10% higher than the national average, the report states.
