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.
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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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.