Pittsburgh, PA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Pittsburgh, PA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Pittsburgh, PA moved from $48,210 in May 2024 to $49,650 in May 2025 (+3.0%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Pittsburgh, PA sits -0.1 pp near 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.
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Pittsburgh, PA
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education publishes $84,800 here versus $64,370 nationally (+31.7%; 4,390metro-area jobs). Next is Physicians, All Other at $187,680 locally versus $265,930 nationally (-29.4%).
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$84,800 in Pittsburgh, PA sits 31.7% above the national Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $64,370 (4,390 published local jobs).
- Physicians, All Other$187,680 in Pittsburgh, PA sits 29.4% below the national Physicians, All Other median of $265,930 (6,260 published local jobs).
- Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$47,610 in Pittsburgh, PA sits 24.3% below the national Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians median of $62,930 (2,610 published local jobs).
- Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$59,060 in Pittsburgh, PA sits 23.9% below the national Postsecondary Teachers, All Other median of $77,640 (2,340 published local jobs).
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Pittsburgh, PA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 38300 · Pittsburgh, PA $65K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #107/528
- RPP-LOW 94.7
- OCC-MOST 642 occs
- TOP-LEAD General Intern… · $292K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Lansing-East Lan…
- BOOK-FULL 616 rows · May 2025
Read with Lansing-East Lansing, MI ($6 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 Pittsburgh, PA
Employment scale inside Pittsburgh, PA's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Physicians, All Other lead published employment inside Pittsburgh, PA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 6,460 jobs · $136,330
- 2. Physicians, All Other 6,260 jobs · $187,680
- 3. Lawyers 5,550 jobs · $133,040
- 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers 5,290 jobs · $159,090
- 5. Managers, All Other 3,860 jobs · $130,750
- 6. Pharmacists 3,300 jobs · $134,180
- 7. Architectural and Engineering Managers 2,060 jobs · $161,720
- 8. Family Medicine Physicians 1,730 jobs · $275,930
- 9. Chief Executives 1,660 jobs · $216,060
- 10. Human Resources Managers 1,600 jobs · $131,690
- 11. Dentists, General 1,050 jobs · $155,250
- 12. Database Architects 570 jobs · $152,800
- 13. Nurse Anesthetists 500 jobs · $223,570
- 14. Purchasing Managers 460 jobs · $142,360
- 15. Pediatricians, General 340 jobs · $208,050
- 16. Commercial Pilots 200 jobs · $134,030
- 17. Nuclear Engineers 170 jobs · $133,250
- 18. Compensation and Benefits Managers 160 jobs · $145,340
Occupations Tracked
642
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$64,649
employment-weighted, 616 complete rows
Top Salary
$291,570
General Internal Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
94.7
5% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Pittsburgh, PA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $291,570 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $275,930 |
| 3 | Psychiatrists | $235,240 |
| 4 | Dentists, All Other Specialists | $230,480 |
| 5 | Physicists | $224,160 |
| 6 | Nurse Anesthetists | $223,570 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $216,060 |
| 8 | Pediatricians, General | $208,050 |
| 9 | Physicians, All Other | $187,680 |
| 10 | Podiatrists | $168,110 |
| 11 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $161,720 |
| 12 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $159,090 |
| 13 | Dentists, General | $155,250 |
| 14 | Database Architects | $152,800 |
| 15 | Chemical Engineers | $152,290 |
| 16 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $145,340 |
| 17 | Purchasing Managers | $142,360 |
| 18 | Financial Managers | $136,330 |
| 19 | Pharmacists | $134,180 |
| 20 | Commercial Pilots | $134,030 |
| 21 | Nuclear Engineers | $133,250 |
| 22 | Lawyers | $133,040 |
| 23 | Human Resources Managers | $131,690 |
| 24 | Medical Dosimetrists | $131,250 |
| 25 | Managers, All Other | $130,750 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Pittsburgh, PA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Cooks, Short Order | $17,150 |
| Shampooers | $21,510 |
| Religious Workers, All Other | $23,730 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $25,970 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $26,620 |
| Telemarketers | $26,990 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,370 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $27,640 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,250 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,540 |
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 ($64,649 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 Pittsburgh, PA wage figures in a real decision
- General Internal Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Pittsburgh, PA at $291,570/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. General Internal Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $64,649 adjusts to about $68,288 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 94.7. 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.