Fence Erectors in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,466
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$11,134
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,683
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
$58,600
Kept after tax
$47,466
Worth in national money
$48,683
State rank
2
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for fence erectors is strong here. Pennsylvania's middle earner gets $58,600, putting the state 2 of 45 — about 22.13% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Pennsylvania, this sits in the middle: 246 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $58,600 the take-home is $47,466, which is worth about $48,683 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $58,360, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For fence erectors, Pennsylvania sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $58,600, ranking 2 of 45 and running about 22.13% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Fence erectors ranks 246 of 492 occupations in Pennsylvania by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Pennsylvania's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for fence erectors on its $58,600 median: $47,466 retained after tax becomes $48,683 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $58,360 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Fence Erectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,610 |
| This salary | $58,600 |
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 | $47,466 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,265 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,014 |
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 | $56,361 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,436 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Pennsylvania earn less than $58,600. The published range is $40,120 up to $77,610, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $47,466 take-home in Pennsylvania comes from $58,600. 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 246 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Pennsylvania, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $48,683, the adjusted value of that $58,600 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 246 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for fence erectors in Pennsylvania the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,120 to $77,610. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $47,466, from $58,600, 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 246 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Pennsylvania, so $48,683 — the adjusted value of that $58,600 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 246 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $40,120 at the bottom tenth to $77,610 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $48,683 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 $47,466.
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 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,120 to $77,610) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Pennsylvania rather than a national figure.
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 $48,683 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 $47,466 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.