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.
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 | $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 | $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 | $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 | $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 | $105,770 |
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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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.