Johnstown, PA Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 85.9) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Johnstown, PA moved from $42,020 in May 2024 to $44,110 in May 2025 (+5.0%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Johnstown, PA sits +1.9 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 27780 · Johnstown, PA $52K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #437/528
- RPP-QUIET 85.9
- OCC-MID 231 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $337K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE +1.9 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Gulfport-Biloxi,…
- BOOK-MOST 231 rows · May 2025
Read with Gulfport-Biloxi, MS ($51 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Johnstown, PA
Where Johnstown, PA already employs the upper wage tier
General and Operations Managers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Johnstown, PA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 1,150 jobs · $86,370
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 240 jobs · $92,550
- 3. Physicians, All Other 220 jobs · $178,240
- 4. Financial Managers 200 jobs · $102,420
- 5. Software Developers 140 jobs · $100,340
- 6. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 130 jobs · $101,720
- 7. Physical Therapists 130 jobs · $97,870
- 8. Pharmacists 100 jobs · $133,890
- 9. Nurse Practitioners 90 jobs · $115,950
- 10. Sales Managers 90 jobs · $85,220
- 11. Chief Executives 80 jobs · $153,570
- 12. Architectural and Engineering Managers 80 jobs · $131,610
- 13. Physician Assistants 80 jobs · $129,800
- 14. Managers, All Other 80 jobs · $125,820
- 15. Computer and Information Systems Managers 80 jobs · $123,750
- 16. Lawyers 80 jobs · $93,710
- 17. Industrial Engineers 80 jobs · $86,130
- 18. Personal Financial Advisors 60 jobs · $95,240
Occupations Tracked
231
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$52,215
employment-weighted, 231 complete rows
Top Salary
$336,650
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
85.9
14% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Johnstown, PA, 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 | General and Operations Managers | $86,370 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $92,550 |
| 3 | Physicians, All Other | $178,240 |
| 4 | Financial Managers | $102,420 |
| 5 | Software Developers | $100,340 |
| 6 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $101,720 |
| 7 | Physical Therapists | $97,870 |
| 8 | Pharmacists | $133,890 |
| 9 | Nurse Practitioners | $115,950 |
| 10 | Sales Managers | $85,220 |
| 11 | Chief Executives | $153,570 |
| 12 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $131,610 |
| 13 | Physician Assistants | $129,800 |
| 14 | Managers, All Other | $125,820 |
| 15 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $123,750 |
| 16 | Lawyers | $93,710 |
| 17 | Industrial Engineers | $86,130 |
| 18 | Personal Financial Advisors | $95,240 |
| 19 | Industrial Production Managers | $92,670 |
| 20 | Electrical Engineers | $118,480 |
| 21 | Dentists, General | $127,110 |
| 22 | Human Resources Managers | $119,510 |
| 23 | Marketing Managers | $113,580 |
| 24 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $88,980 |
| 25 | Family Medicine Physicians | $336,650 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Johnstown, PA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Dishwashers | $21,430 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $21,640 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $21,780 |
| Bartenders | $21,930 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $22,360 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $24,750 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $24,920 |
| Childcare Workers | $26,570 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,760 |
| Cashiers | $27,430 |
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 ($52,215 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 Johnstown, PA wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Johnstown, PA at $336,650/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $52,215 adjusts to about $60,765 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 85.9. 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.