Take-home pay in Arizona by business structure

At $100,000 of profit, an owner in Arizona keeps $80,502 as an LLC taxed as an S corp and $75,705 as a sole proprietor, after 2026 taxes and fees. Change the profit to see your own numbers.

$80,502 a year

kept from $100,000 of profit as an LLC taxed as an S corp in Arizona, after every tax and fee counted here. That is $9,057 more than as a C corporation.

Arizona, 2026: $100,000 profit, single filer

Structure	Taxes and fees	You keep	Share
Sole proprietorship	$24,295	$75,705	76%
Single-member LLC	$24,295	$75,705	76%
LLC taxed as an S corp most	$19,498	$80,502	81%
S corporation	$19,535	$80,465	80%
C corporation	$28,555	$71,445	71%

What Arizona takes from a business owner

Arizona taxes personal income at a flat 2.5% (2025).azdor.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026
An LLC pays the state no yearly report feeazcc.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
An S corp in Arizona can elect to pay the state's income tax itself, a pass-through entity tax of 2.5%, and the owner gets a credit for it. The company deducts it on the federal return, so it is not held to the SALT cap. The calculator uses it when it lowers the totalazleg.gov.
An S corp owner on payroll pays Arizona unemployment tax at 2% on the first $8,000 of salary in the first yeardes.az.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.

What you keep at each profit

Profit	Sole prop	LLC	LLC as S corp	S corp	C corp
$50,000	$39,500	$39,500	$39,769	$39,730	$37,252
$100,000	$75,705	$75,705	$80,502	$80,465	$71,445
$150,000	$109,302	$109,302	$116,879	$116,843	$101,663
$250,000	$178,153	$178,153	$188,076	$188,040	$163,711
$500,000	$317,935	$317,935	$347,050	$347,018	$311,894

Single filer, no other income, revenue 1.5 times profit, the default salary for S and C corps. The most kept at each profit is green.

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