Engineers, All Other in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,132
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$26,818
24.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,237
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
$108,950
Kept after tax
$82,132
Worth in national money
$84,237
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for engineers, all other is on the low side in Pennsylvania. The middle earner gets $108,950. That is 36 of 51 states, and about 11.37% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Pennsylvania this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, engineers, all other ranks 35 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $108,950, tax leaves $82,132, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $84,237 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $112,350, since top earners drag the number up.
- For engineers, all other, Pennsylvania sits in the lower band at $108,950, ranking 36 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 11.37%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Pennsylvania publishes a median for, engineers, all other sits 35 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 engineers, all other — median $108,950 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $82,132 retained, $84,237 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $112,350 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Engineers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $108,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $164,650 |
| This salary | $108,950 |
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 | $82,132 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,476 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,724 |
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 | $104,196 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,144 |
| 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 engineers, all other in Pennsylvania earn under $108,950 and half over. The published range runs $61,390 at the tenth percentile to $164,650 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Pennsylvania's $82,132, worked from $108,950. 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 35 of 492.
- Two cautions on $84,237, the adjusted value of that $108,950 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 35 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for engineers, all other in Pennsylvania, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $61,390 to $164,650; 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.
- The Pennsylvania take-home of $82,132, on $108,950 for work ranking 35 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 35 of 492 in the state.
- This $84,237 adjusted figure, worked from $108,950, 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 35 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 35 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 $112,350 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 $61,390 and the top tenth $164,650 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $84,237 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 $82,132.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $112,350. 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 ($61,390) and the ninetieth ($164,650) 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 $84,237 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 $82,132 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.