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Grants Specialist / Manager in Arizona

Arizona Department of Administration, Human Resources Division lists 6 job classes for this work in the Arizona state pay plan: Grants Coordinator, Grants Coordinator Senior, Grants Manager, Grants Specialist.

$43,981 – $120,532
state pay plan range, a year
6
classes in the state plan
$83,280
median pay in AZ, all employers
12,210
workers in AZ (SOC 13-1199)

Sources: Arizona Department of Administration, Human Resources Division, Arizona State Personnel System Job Titles with Pay Ranges and Salary Schedules; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Arizona state pay plan Sourced

Published rates for each class, lowest first, effective July 9, 2022. These are the ranges Arizona sets for its own state employees; cities, counties and school districts have their own pay plans.

Class and gradePublished rate
Grants Coordinator
Class S01952
Grade 21
$21.14 – $38.08 a hour
$43,981 – $79,200 a year
Grants Coordinator
Class S21952
Grade 21
$21.14 – $38.08 a hour
$43,981 – $79,200 a year
Grants Coordinator Senior
Class S09100
Grade 23
$24.82 – $44.51 a hour
$51,625 – $92,573 a year
Grants Manager
Class S08618
Grade 23
$24.82 – $44.51 a hour
$51,625 – $92,573 a year
Grants Specialist
Class S09031
Grade 24
$26.97 – $48.55 a hour
$56,098 – $100,989 a year
Grants Manager
Class S09030
Grade 26
$31.72 – $57.95 a hour
$65,968 – $120,532 a year

Schedule: Pay Schedule AREG. Rates are as the plan publishes them; "a year" figures are conversions (hourly × 2,080). Classes are matched to this job by title (GovJobsWiki editorial rule).

Source: Arizona Department of Administration, Human Resources Division, Arizona State Personnel System Job Titles with Pay Ranges and Salary Schedules. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Pay in Arizona, all employers Sourced

Business Operations Specialists, All Other (SOC 13-1199) in Arizona, all employers combined: BLS state estimates do not separate government from private.

MeasureAZ
Workers12,210
10th percentile$53,330
Median$83,280
90th percentile$140,160
National median, government employers$91,060

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — national estimates by ownership. Data captured September 30, 2026.

More about this job

Requirements, hiring process, training, schedule and day-to-day work are on the national Grants Specialist / Manager page.

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