Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,414
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$30,846
25.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$92,732
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
$121,260
Kept after tax
$90,414
Worth in national money
$92,732
State rank
19
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pennsylvania sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $121,260, ranking 19 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Pennsylvania. It ranks 28 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $121,260, tax leaves $90,414, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $92,732 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $122,670, since top earners drag the number up.
- Pennsylvania occupies the middle band for electronics engineers, except computer: a median of $121,260, ranking 19 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Pennsylvania, electronics engineers, except computer ranks 28 of 492 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Because Pennsylvania sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for electronics engineers, except computer — median $121,260 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $90,414 retained, $92,732 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $122,670 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $121,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $170,150 |
| This salary | $121,260 |
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 | $90,414 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $94,136 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,141 |
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 | $115,968 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,720 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $121,260 as a midpoint for Pennsylvania, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $75,690 and the ninetieth is $170,150 — 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 $90,414, worked from $121,260. 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 28 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $92,732 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 28.
- The Pennsylvania median of $121,260 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $75,690 to $170,150. 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 $90,414, on $121,260 for work ranking 28 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 28 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $92,732, worked from $121,260, 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 28 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $75,690, the highest tenth $170,150, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Pennsylvania sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $92,732 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Pennsylvania then takes its own share, leaving $90,414.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($75,690) and the ninetieth ($170,150) 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 $92,732 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 $90,414 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.