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.
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.
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.
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 ($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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How to use Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA wage figures in a real decision
- Cardiologists leads published medians in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA at $567,680/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Cardiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $63,238 adjusts to about $64,103 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 98.7. 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.