Williamsport, PA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Williamsport, PA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Williamsport, PA moved from $45,310 in May 2024 to $46,050 in May 2025 (+1.6%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Williamsport, PA sits -1.5 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 48700 · Williamsport, PA $55K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #340/528
- RPP-LOW 92.3
- OCC-MID 226 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $314K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-INLINE -1.5 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Northeast Minnes…
- BOOK-MOST 224 rows · May 2025
Read with Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area ($13 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 Williamsport, PA
Employment scale inside Williamsport, PA's top-pay list
Medical and Health Services Managers and Physicians, All Other lead published employment inside Williamsport, PA's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 270 jobs · $97,420
- 2. Physicians, All Other 200 jobs · $313,620
- 3. Financial Managers 160 jobs · $122,870
- 4. Sales Managers 160 jobs · $120,550
- 5. Physician Assistants 150 jobs · $124,920
- 6. Physical Therapists 140 jobs · $105,340
- 7. Lawyers 130 jobs · $101,990
- 8. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 120 jobs · $113,000
- 9. Industrial Production Managers 110 jobs · $100,060
- 10. Nurse Practitioners 100 jobs · $123,830
- 11. Computer and Information Systems Managers 90 jobs · $121,760
- 12. Managers, All Other 90 jobs · $104,810
- 13. Occupational Therapists 70 jobs · $98,580
- 14. Pharmacists 60 jobs · $151,110
- 15. Architectural and Engineering Managers 60 jobs · $138,130
- 16. Human Resources Managers 60 jobs · $119,830
- 17. Personal Financial Advisors 60 jobs · $100,120
- 18. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 60 jobs · $96,530
Occupations Tracked
226
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$55,374
employment-weighted, 224 complete rows
Top Salary
$313,620
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
92.3
8% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Williamsport, PA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $313,620 |
| 2 | Chief Executives | $233,920 |
| 3 | Dentists, General | $204,660 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $151,110 |
| 5 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $138,130 |
| 6 | Physician Assistants | $124,920 |
| 7 | Nurse Practitioners | $123,830 |
| 8 | Financial Managers | $122,870 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $121,760 |
| 10 | Sales Managers | $120,550 |
| 11 | Human Resources Managers | $119,830 |
| 12 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $113,000 |
| 13 | Marketing Managers | $108,260 |
| 14 | Physical Therapists | $105,340 |
| 15 | Managers, All Other | $104,810 |
| 16 | Construction Managers | $102,280 |
| 17 | Lawyers | $101,990 |
| 18 | Administrative Services Managers | $100,210 |
| 19 | Personal Financial Advisors | $100,120 |
| 20 | Industrial Production Managers | $100,060 |
| 21 | Occupational Therapists | $98,580 |
| 22 | Electrical Engineers | $97,890 |
| 23 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $97,420 |
| 24 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $96,530 |
| 25 | Computer Systems Analysts | $94,360 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Williamsport, PA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Tutors | $20,980 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $23,150 |
| Dishwashers | $23,850 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $23,880 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $25,490 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $25,910 |
| Bartenders | $25,910 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,220 |
| Cashiers | $27,190 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,400 |
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 ($55,374 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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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.