Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA moved from $48,510 in May 2024 to $49,610 in May 2025 (+2.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA sits -0.8 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Management Analysts shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
Management Analysts publishes $79,930 here versus $101,860 nationally (-21.5%; 3,080metro-area jobs). Next is Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education at $77,160 locally versus $63,970 nationally (+20.6%).
- Management Analysts$79,930 in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA sits 21.5% below the national Management Analysts median of $101,860 (3,080 published local jobs).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$77,160 in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA sits 20.6% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (2,990 published local jobs).
- Software Developers$109,470 in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA sits 19.5% below the national Software Developers median of $135,980 (2,580 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$29,050 in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA sits 18.9% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (13,040 published local jobs).
Management Analysts and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 25420 · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $63K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #139/528
- RPP-MID 98.7
- OCC-MOST 491 occs
- TOP-LEAD Cardiologists · $568K
- EMP-MIX Lawyers
- TREND-INLINE -0.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Fresno, CA
- BOOK-FULL 485 rows · May 2025
Read with Fresno, CA (+$28 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 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
Employment scale inside Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA's top-pay list
Lawyers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Lawyers 1,930 jobs · $131,440
- 2. Financial Managers 1,660 jobs · $133,080
- 3. Managers, All Other 1,460 jobs · $125,420
- 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,360 jobs · $146,300
- 5. Physicians, All Other 1,310 jobs · $156,000
- 6. Sales Managers 890 jobs · $126,050
- 7. Pharmacists 750 jobs · $135,480
- 8. Marketing Managers 640 jobs · $128,830
- 9. Chief Executives 520 jobs · $209,140
- 10. Nurse Practitioners 500 jobs · $132,670
- 11. Human Resources Managers 440 jobs · $130,200
- 12. Architectural and Engineering Managers 430 jobs · $164,150
- 13. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 380 jobs · $131,040
- 14. Veterinarians 180 jobs · $132,750
- 15. Database Architects 150 jobs · $151,210
- 16. Purchasing Managers 150 jobs · $134,660
- 17. Dentists, General 130 jobs · $193,760
- 18. Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other 100 jobs · $135,390
Occupations Tracked
491
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$63,238
employment-weighted, 485 complete rows
Top Salary
$567,680
Cardiologists
Cost of Living
98.7
1% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiologists | $567,680 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $295,420 |
| 3 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $288,290 |
| 4 | Chief Executives | $209,140 |
| 5 | Dentists, General | $193,760 |
| 6 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $164,150 |
| 7 | Physicians, All Other | $156,000 |
| 8 | Database Architects | $151,210 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $146,300 |
| 10 | Pharmacists | $135,480 |
| 11 | Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other | $135,390 |
| 12 | Purchasing Managers | $134,660 |
| 13 | Optometrists | $133,820 |
| 14 | Financial Managers | $133,080 |
| 15 | Veterinarians | $132,750 |
| 16 | Nurse Practitioners | $132,670 |
| 17 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $132,540 |
| 18 | Lawyers | $131,440 |
| 19 | Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $131,040 |
| 20 | Human Resources Managers | $130,200 |
| 21 | Marketing Managers | $128,830 |
| 22 | Sales Managers | $126,050 |
| 23 | Managers, All Other | $125,420 |
| 24 | Advertising and Promotions Managers | $124,930 |
| 25 | Education Administrators, All Other | $124,920 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $25,220 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $26,410 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $27,070 |
| Bartenders | $27,520 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $27,530 |
| Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials | $27,850 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,070 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,640 |
| Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals | $28,950 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $28,970 |
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.
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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 ($63,238 here) and summed published employment.
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Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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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