Arizona
Wireless Facts
| Subscribers: | 4,799,648 |
| Population: | 6,419,468 |
| Percentage of Wireless Consumers: | 75% |
| Wireless-Only Households: | 18.8% |
Industry in Arizona
| Service Providers: | 9 |
| Wireless Employees in the State: | 4,610 |
| Average Annual Wireless Payroll: | $255,834,000 |
| Average Annual Wireless Employee Wage: | $55,492 |
Wireless Subscriber Growth
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Wireless Tax Rate
- State-Local Rate
- 10.97%
- Federal Rate
- 5.05%
- Combined Monthly Tax Rate
- 16.02%
- Rank Nationally
- 16th
Breakdown
- State Sales (transaction priv.; Intrastate telecommunications service) 5.60%
- County Sales (transaction priv.; Phoenix, Maricopa Cty., 0.7%, and Tucson, Pima Cty., 0.5%)0.60% City Telecommunications (Avg. Phoenix, 4.7%, and Tucson, 2%) 3.35%
- 9-1-1 (Reduced from 28 cents to 20 cents/month on 7/1/07) 0.40%
Federal Wireless
Issues
Helpful State
Legislative Links
- State Homepage link: www.az.gov
- Legislature link: www.azleg.state.az.us
- Governor’s link: www.governor.state.az.us
All Information Compiled from the Following Sources:
- Dr. Robert Roche, CTIA-The Wireless Association’s Vice President for Research, Washington, D.C., http://www.ctia.org.
- Scott Mackey, Partner and Economist, Kimbell Sherman Ellis, LLP, Montpelier, VT, http://www.ksefocus.com/why-kse/people/scott-mackey, from Tax Analysts, Special Report, State Tax Notes, February, 2008, “Excessive Taxes and Fees on Wireless Service: Recent Trends,” by Scott Mackey.
- Federal Communications Commission, FCC’s Industry Analysis and Technology Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, July 2009, “Local Telephone Competition: Status as of June 30, 2008,” http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-292193A1.pdf.
- Data on employment and wages by state are available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Employment and Wages (CEW) at http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=en. The wireless industry data is retrievable through NAICS 5172 - Wireless Telecommunications Carriers.
- The data on state population and household income is available via drop down menu from the Fact Sheets available from the U.S. Census Fact Finder page, at http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en.