Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $28,920 here versus $35,800 nationally (-19.2%; 5,900metro-area jobs). Next is Waiters and Waitresses at $28,480 locally versus $35,230 nationally (-19.2%).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$28,920 in Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area sits 19.2% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (5,900 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$28,480 in Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area sits 19.2% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,240 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$27,290 in Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area sits 17.0% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (4,460 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$88,920 in Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area sits 15.9% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (4,300 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 4200003 · Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $55K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #365/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MOST 403 occs
- TOP-LEAD Nurse Anesthet… · $267K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH St. George, UT
- BOOK-FULL 400 rows · May 2025
Read with St. George, UT ($13 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Central Pennsylvania nonmet…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Financial Managers and Industrial Production Managers lead published employment inside Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 590 jobs · $116,770
- 2. Industrial Production Managers 510 jobs · $104,300
- 3. Pharmacists 430 jobs · $131,970
- 4. Sales Managers 400 jobs · $110,580
- 5. Physicians, All Other 380 jobs · $207,070
- 6. Managers, All Other 370 jobs · $119,720
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 360 jobs · $139,210
- 8. Software Developers 350 jobs · $105,140
- 9. Physician Assistants 300 jobs · $124,050
- 10. Nurse Practitioners 290 jobs · $126,180
- 11. Lawyers 260 jobs · $109,450
- 12. Architectural and Engineering Managers 160 jobs · $141,310
- 13. Marketing Managers 160 jobs · $128,610
- 14. Human Resources Managers 150 jobs · $129,950
- 15. Chief Executives 140 jobs · $205,000
- 16. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 140 jobs · $103,890
- 17. Dentists, General 110 jobs · $189,120
- 18. Family Medicine Physicians 100 jobs · $254,090
Occupations Tracked
403
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$54,759
employment-weighted, 400 complete rows
Top Salary
$266,660
Nurse Anesthetists
Top-pay occupations in Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Financial Managers | $116,770 |
| 2 | Industrial Production Managers | $104,300 |
| 3 | Pharmacists | $131,970 |
| 4 | Sales Managers | $110,580 |
| 5 | Physicians, All Other | $207,070 |
| 6 | Managers, All Other | $119,720 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $139,210 |
| 8 | Software Developers | $105,140 |
| 9 | Physician Assistants | $124,050 |
| 10 | Nurse Practitioners | $126,180 |
| 11 | Lawyers | $109,450 |
| 12 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $141,310 |
| 13 | Marketing Managers | $128,610 |
| 14 | Human Resources Managers | $129,950 |
| 15 | Chief Executives | $205,000 |
| 16 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $103,890 |
| 17 | Dentists, General | $189,120 |
| 18 | Family Medicine Physicians | $254,090 |
| 19 | Veterinarians | $128,050 |
| 20 | Purchasing Managers | $129,590 |
| 21 | Nurse Anesthetists | $266,660 |
| 22 | Optometrists | $106,480 |
| 23 | Public Relations Managers | $114,280 |
| 24 | Engineers, All Other | $102,200 |
| 25 | Fundraising Managers | $102,780 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Residential Advisors | $21,110 |
| Bartenders | $22,320 |
| Tour and Travel Guides | $26,410 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $26,690 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $26,770 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,970 |
| Cashiers | $27,290 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $27,400 |
| Dishwashers | $27,650 |
| Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals | $27,680 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in PA
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside PA. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($54,759 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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