Computer and Information Systems Managers in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$118,266
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$45,644
27.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$121,299
Pennsylvania costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Pennsylvania — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$163,910
Kept after tax
$118,266
Worth in national money
$121,299
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pennsylvania sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $163,910, ranking 24 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Pennsylvania this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 7 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $163,910 the take-home is $118,266, which is worth about $121,299 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $169,100, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Pennsylvania occupies the middle band for computer and information systems managers: a median of $163,910, ranking 24 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Pennsylvania publishes a median for, computer and information systems managers sits 7 of 492 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Pennsylvania's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for computer and information systems managers on its $163,910 median: $118,266 retained after tax becomes $121,299 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $169,100 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Computer and Information Systems Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $101,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $163,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $246,580 |
| This salary | $163,910 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Pennsylvania | $118,266 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $123,298 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,584 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $156,548 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,939 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $163,910 as a midpoint for Pennsylvania, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $101,520 and the ninetieth is $246,580 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Pennsylvania's $118,266, worked from $163,910. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 7 of 492.
- Two cautions on $121,299, the adjusted value of that $163,910 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Pennsylvania. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 7 of 492 locally.
- The Pennsylvania median of $163,910 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $101,520 to $246,580. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Pennsylvania take-home of $118,266, on $163,910 for work ranking 7 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 7 of 492 in the state.
- This $121,299 adjusted figure, worked from $163,910, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 7 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 7 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $169,100 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $101,520 and the top tenth $246,580 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $121,299.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Pennsylvania adds its own income tax on top — which is why $118,266 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Pennsylvania is $169,100. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($101,520) and the ninetieth ($246,580) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Pennsylvania's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $121,299 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $118,266 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Pennsylvania income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.