Education Administrators, All Other in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,874
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$22,316
23.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,742
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
$95,190
Kept after tax
$72,874
Worth in national money
$74,742
State rank
23
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pennsylvania sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $95,190, ranking 23 of 49 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 80 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $95,190, tax leaves $72,874, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $74,742 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $107,100, since top earners drag the number up.
- Pennsylvania occupies the middle band for education administrators, all other: a median of $95,190, ranking 23 of 49. 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, education administrators, all other sits 80 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.
- Because Pennsylvania sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for education administrators, all other — median $95,190 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $72,874 retained, $74,742 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $107,100 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $164,380 |
| This salary | $95,190 |
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 | $72,874 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,796 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,257 |
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 | $91,036 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,499 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of education administrators, all other in Pennsylvania earn under $95,190 and half over. The published range runs $59,250 at the tenth percentile to $164,380 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $72,874 take-home in Pennsylvania comes from $95,190. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 80 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $74,742 uses one figure for the whole of Pennsylvania. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 80.
- Figures are distribution medians for education administrators, all other in Pennsylvania, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $59,250 to $164,380; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $72,874, from $95,190, assumes a single Pennsylvania filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 80 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $74,742, worked from $95,190, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Pennsylvania address, on work sitting at 80 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $107,100, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $59,250 and the top tenth $164,380 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Pennsylvania is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $74,742 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Pennsylvania's own levy, $72,874 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $107,100. 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 ($59,250) and the ninetieth ($164,380) 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 $74,742 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 $72,874 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.