Chambersburg, PA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Chambersburg, PA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Chambersburg, PA moved from $46,670 in May 2024 to $47,540 in May 2025 (+1.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Chambersburg, PA sits -1.2 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Chambersburg, PA
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand publishes $47,540 here versus $40,240 nationally (+18.1%; 3,130metro-area jobs). Next is Stockers and Order Fillers at $42,990 locally versus $37,330 nationally (+15.2%).
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$47,540 in Chambersburg, PA sits 18.1% above the national Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $40,240 (3,130 published local jobs).
- Stockers and Order Fillers$42,990 in Chambersburg, PA sits 15.2% above the national Stockers and Order Fillers median of $37,330 (2,970 published local jobs).
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Chambersburg, PA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 16540 · Chambersburg, PA $57K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #310/528
- RPP-LOW 94.6
- OCC-MID 240 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $259K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-INLINE -1.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH St. Joseph, MO-KS
- BOOK-MOST 237 rows · May 2025
Read with St. Joseph, MO-KS (+$36 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
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 Chambersburg, PA
Employment scale inside Chambersburg, PA's top-pay list
Medical and Health Services Managers and Computer Occupations, All Other lead published employment inside Chambersburg, PA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 270 jobs · $105,660
- 2. Computer Occupations, All Other 240 jobs · $116,030
- 3. Management Analysts 230 jobs · $104,810
- 4. Sales Managers 200 jobs · $132,930
- 5. Software Developers 200 jobs · $106,200
- 6. Financial Managers 190 jobs · $132,580
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 110 jobs · $157,710
- 8. Physicians, All Other 100 jobs · $238,260
- 9. Managers, All Other 100 jobs · $125,380
- 10. Sales Engineers 90 jobs · $130,310
- 11. Pharmacists 80 jobs · $150,510
- 12. Marketing Managers 70 jobs · $135,160
- 13. Physician Assistants 70 jobs · $120,030
- 14. Nurse Practitioners 70 jobs · $117,780
- 15. Facilities Managers 70 jobs · $104,850
- 16. Chief Executives 50 jobs · $205,570
- 17. Architectural and Engineering Managers 50 jobs · $140,200
- 18. Veterinarians 50 jobs · $125,400
Occupations Tracked
240
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$56,567
employment-weighted, 237 complete rows
Top Salary
$258,770
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
94.6
5% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Chambersburg, PA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Family Medicine Physicians | $258,770 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $238,260 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $205,570 |
| 4 | Dentists, General | $160,720 |
| 5 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $157,710 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $150,510 |
| 7 | Purchasing Managers | $142,950 |
| 8 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $140,200 |
| 9 | Human Resources Managers | $135,570 |
| 10 | Marketing Managers | $135,160 |
| 11 | Sales Managers | $132,930 |
| 12 | Financial Managers | $132,580 |
| 13 | Sales Engineers | $130,310 |
| 14 | Veterinarians | $125,400 |
| 15 | Managers, All Other | $125,380 |
| 16 | Physician Assistants | $120,030 |
| 17 | Nurse Practitioners | $117,780 |
| 18 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $116,030 |
| 19 | Financial Specialists, All Other | $111,530 |
| 20 | Software Developers | $106,200 |
| 21 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $105,660 |
| 22 | Facilities Managers | $104,850 |
| 23 | Management Analysts | $104,810 |
| 24 | Engineers, All Other | $104,770 |
| 25 | Electrical Engineers | $104,050 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Chambersburg, PA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $25,410 |
| Dishwashers | $25,710 |
| Bartenders | $26,390 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $26,550 |
| Photographers | $26,640 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $26,850 |
| Childcare Workers | $27,030 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,550 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $27,590 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,770 |
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 ($56,567 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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How to use Chambersburg, PA wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Chambersburg, PA at $258,770/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $56,567 adjusts to about $59,769 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 94.6. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for PA before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.