Lancaster, PA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Lancaster, PA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Lancaster, PA moved from $46,960 in May 2024 to $48,210 in May 2025 (+2.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Lancaster, PA sits -0.4 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Lancaster, PA
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education publishes $78,360 here versus $63,970 nationally (+22.5%; 2,350metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $29,150 locally versus $35,800 nationally (-18.6%).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$78,360 in Lancaster, PA sits 22.5% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (2,350 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$29,150 in Lancaster, PA sits 18.6% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (6,990 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$30,280 in Lancaster, PA sits 14.5% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (7,400 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$28,680 in Lancaster, PA sits 12.8% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (5,280 published local jobs).
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Lancaster, PA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 29540 · Lancaster, PA $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #232/528
- RPP-MID 98.3
- OCC-MOST 433 occs
- TOP-LEAD Cardiologists · $504K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH College Station-…
- BOOK-FULL 429 rows · May 2025
Read with College Station-Bryan, TX ($10 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 Lancaster, PA
Employment scale inside Lancaster, PA's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Sales Managers lead published employment inside Lancaster, PA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 950 jobs · $134,280
- 2. Sales Managers 810 jobs · $129,480
- 3. Industrial Production Managers 550 jobs · $111,860
- 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers 530 jobs · $142,460
- 5. Lawyers 520 jobs · $125,510
- 6. Managers, All Other 480 jobs · $106,720
- 7. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 460 jobs · $110,040
- 8. Pharmacists 450 jobs · $134,320
- 9. Nurse Practitioners 350 jobs · $133,940
- 10. Marketing Managers 340 jobs · $124,850
- 11. Physician Assistants 340 jobs · $124,070
- 12. Architectural and Engineering Managers 290 jobs · $147,020
- 13. Human Resources Managers 270 jobs · $128,050
- 14. Chief Executives 260 jobs · $224,160
- 15. Veterinarians 180 jobs · $132,480
- 16. Dentists, General 170 jobs · $141,960
- 17. Family Medicine Physicians 110 jobs · $294,800
- 18. Computer Network Architects 110 jobs · $133,350
Occupations Tracked
433
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,680
employment-weighted, 429 complete rows
Top Salary
$503,970
Cardiologists
Cost of Living
98.3
2% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Lancaster, PA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiologists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $503,970 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $294,800 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $224,160 |
| 4 | Physicians, All Other | $211,250 |
| 5 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $147,020 |
| 6 | Database Architects Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $146,400 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $142,460 |
| 8 | Dentists, General | $141,960 |
| 9 | Pharmacists | $134,320 |
| 10 | Financial Managers | $134,280 |
| 11 | Nurse Practitioners | $133,940 |
| 12 | Computer Network Architects | $133,350 |
| 13 | Veterinarians | $132,480 |
| 14 | Optometrists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $132,360 |
| 15 | Sales Managers | $129,480 |
| 16 | Human Resources Managers | $128,050 |
| 17 | Lawyers | $125,510 |
| 18 | Marketing Managers | $124,850 |
| 19 | Physician Assistants | $124,070 |
| 20 | Purchasing Managers | $121,570 |
| 21 | Advertising and Promotions Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $114,670 |
| 22 | Industrial Production Managers | $111,860 |
| 23 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $110,040 |
| 24 | Managers, All Other | $106,720 |
| 25 | Public Relations Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $105,770 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Lancaster, PA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Cooks, Fast Food | $27,260 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $27,500 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $27,950 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $28,050 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,120 |
| Bartenders | $28,280 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,580 |
| Cashiers | $28,680 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $29,120 |
| Dishwashers | $29,140 |
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 ($58,680 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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How to use Lancaster, PA wage figures in a real decision
- Cardiologists leads published medians in Lancaster, PA at $503,970/year (a small-sample estimate from fewer than 100 workers); open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Cardiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $58,680 adjusts to about $59,721 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 98.3. 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.