First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,443
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$11,127
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,659
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
$58,570
Kept after tax
$47,443
Worth in national money
$48,659
State rank
34
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pennsylvania is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $58,570, ranking 34 of 48 states — about 1.26% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Pennsylvania reports figures for, this is number 248.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $58,570 the take-home is $47,443, which is worth about $48,659 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $61,780, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Pennsylvania ranks 34 of 48 for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers, with a median of $58,570 — about 1.26% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- In Pennsylvania's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers sits at 248 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Pennsylvania's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers on its $58,570 median: $47,443 retained after tax becomes $48,659 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $61,780 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $87,860 |
| This salary | $58,570 |
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 | $47,443 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,241 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,013 |
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 | $56,332 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,435 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $58,570 as a midpoint for Pennsylvania, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $41,670 and the ninetieth is $87,860 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Pennsylvania the take-home figure of $47,443, from $58,570, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 248 of 492 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $48,659 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 248.
- The Pennsylvania median of $58,570 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $41,670 to $87,860. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Pennsylvania is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $47,443 from $58,570. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 248 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $48,659, worked from $58,570, 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 248 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 $61,780, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $41,670, the highest tenth $87,860, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $48,659 in national terms.
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 $47,443.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 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 $61,780. 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 ($41,670) and the ninetieth ($87,860) 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 $48,659 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 $47,443 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.