Financial Examiners in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,645
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$16,855
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,225
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
$78,500
Kept after tax
$61,645
Worth in national money
$63,225
State rank
37
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Pennsylvania pays financial examiners a middle wage of $78,500, 37 of 49 states and about 16.63% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Financial examiners ranks 127 among 492 occupations Pennsylvania publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Pennsylvania costs about what the country costs, so from $78,500, take-home of $61,645 is worth roughly $63,225 in national money. The average comes to $92,710, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Pennsylvania's $78,500 median for financial examiners places it 37 of 49 states, about 16.63% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 127 of 492 in Pennsylvania places financial examiners in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Pennsylvania is near the national base, so for financial examiners, whose median is $78,500, the adjusted figure of $63,225 differs little from $61,645 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $92,710 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Financial Examiners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $137,770 |
| This salary | $78,500 |
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 | $61,645 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,055 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,691 |
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 | $75,074 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,718 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $78,500 as a midpoint for Pennsylvania, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $56,420 and the ninetieth is $137,770 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $61,645 take-home in Pennsylvania comes from $78,500. 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 127 of 492.
- Two cautions on $63,225, the adjusted value of that $78,500 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 127 of 492 locally.
- The Pennsylvania median of $78,500 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $56,420 to $137,770. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $61,645, from $78,500, 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 127 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 49 for it.
- This $63,225 adjusted figure, worked from $78,500, 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 127 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 127 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 $92,710, 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 $56,420 and the top tenth $137,770 — 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 $63,225.
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 $61,645.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $92,710. 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 ($56,420) and the ninetieth ($137,770) 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 $63,225 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 $61,645 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.