York-Hanover, PA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in York-Hanover, PA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in York-Hanover, PA moved from $46,970 in May 2024 to $48,170 in May 2025 (+2.6%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- York-Hanover, PA sits -0.5 pp behind 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.
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in York-Hanover, PA
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education publishes $79,730 here versus $63,970 nationally (+24.6%; 2,260metro-area jobs). Next is Retail Salespersons at $30,480 locally versus $35,410 nationally (-13.9%).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$79,730 in York-Hanover, PA sits 24.6% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (2,260 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$30,480 in York-Hanover, PA sits 13.9% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (4,680 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$29,360 in York-Hanover, PA sits 10.7% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (4,040 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$27,920 in York-Hanover, PA sits 10.5% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (5,240 published local jobs).
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for York-Hanover, PA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 49620 · York-Hanover, PA $60K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #206/528
- RPP-MID 96.0
- OCC-MID 389 occs
- TOP-LEAD Radiologists · $384K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.5 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Odessa, TX
- BOOK-FULL 386 rows · May 2025
Read with Odessa, TX (+$1 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 York-Hanover, PA
Employment scale inside York-Hanover, PA's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Computer Occupations, All Other lead published employment inside York-Hanover, PA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 640 jobs · $133,030
- 2. Computer Occupations, All Other 550 jobs · $125,050
- 3. Sales Managers 520 jobs · $126,120
- 4. Managers, All Other 510 jobs · $134,040
- 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 400 jobs · $148,580
- 6. Lawyers 400 jobs · $126,350
- 7. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 380 jobs · $122,130
- 8. Architectural and Engineering Managers 330 jobs · $157,810
- 9. Pharmacists 300 jobs · $137,420
- 10. Physician Assistants 290 jobs · $126,530
- 11. Nurse Practitioners 270 jobs · $131,700
- 12. Marketing Managers 240 jobs · $130,870
- 13. Human Resources Managers 210 jobs · $130,140
- 14. Chief Executives 170 jobs · $217,730
- 15. Veterinarians 130 jobs · $129,610
- 16. Radiologists 110 jobs · $384,290
- 17. Nurse Anesthetists 110 jobs · $219,980
- 18. Purchasing Managers 100 jobs · $126,690
Occupations Tracked
389
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$59,675
employment-weighted, 386 complete rows
Top Salary
$384,290
Radiologists
Cost of Living
96.0
4% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in York-Hanover, PA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiologists | $384,290 |
| 2 | Pediatricians, General | $344,960 |
| 3 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $344,040 |
| 4 | Family Medicine Physicians | $341,630 |
| 5 | Nurse Anesthetists | $219,980 |
| 6 | Chief Executives | $217,730 |
| 7 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $157,810 |
| 8 | Dentists, General | $150,290 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $148,580 |
| 10 | Pharmacists | $137,420 |
| 11 | Optometrists | $134,990 |
| 12 | Managers, All Other | $134,040 |
| 13 | Financial Managers | $133,030 |
| 14 | Nurse Practitioners | $131,700 |
| 15 | Marketing Managers | $130,870 |
| 16 | Human Resources Managers | $130,140 |
| 17 | Veterinarians | $129,610 |
| 18 | Purchasing Managers | $126,690 |
| 19 | Physician Assistants | $126,530 |
| 20 | Lawyers | $126,350 |
| 21 | Sales Managers | $126,120 |
| 22 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $125,050 |
| 23 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $122,130 |
| 24 | Operations Research Analysts | $117,740 |
| 25 | Training and Development Managers | $117,070 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in York-Hanover, PA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $21,810 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $22,160 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $22,720 |
| Sales and Related Workers, All Other | $27,750 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $27,890 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,920 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $28,520 |
| Bartenders | $28,810 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $29,180 |
| Cashiers | $29,360 |
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 ($59,675 here) and summed published employment.
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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 York-Hanover, PA wage figures in a real decision
- Radiologists leads published medians in York-Hanover, PA at $384,290/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Radiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $59,675 adjusts to about $62,161 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 96.0. 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.