First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,816
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$24,234
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,786
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
$101,050
Kept after tax
$76,816
Worth in national money
$78,786
State rank
9
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Pennsylvania's middle earner gets $101,050, putting the state 9 of 50 — about 8.04% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Pennsylvania reports, this job comes in at 55 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Pennsylvania costs about what the country costs, so from $101,050, take-home of $76,816 is worth roughly $78,786 in national money. The average lands at $96,250, below the middle of the range.
- For first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers, Pennsylvania sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $101,050, ranking 9 of 50 and running about 8.04% 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.
- First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers ranks 55 of 492 occupations by median in Pennsylvania, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Price parity in Pennsylvania is near the national base, so for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers, whose median is $101,050, the adjusted figure of $78,786 differs little from $76,816 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $96,250 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $70,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $121,800 |
| This salary | $101,050 |
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 | $76,816 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,919 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,456 |
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 | $96,640 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,774 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers in Pennsylvania earn under $101,050 and half over. The published range runs $70,510 at the tenth percentile to $121,800 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $76,816 take-home in Pennsylvania comes from $101,050. 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 55 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Pennsylvania, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $78,786, the adjusted value of that $101,050 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 55 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers in Pennsylvania, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $70,510 to $121,800; 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.
- Retained pay of $76,816, from $101,050, 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 55 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Pennsylvania, so $78,786 — the adjusted value of that $101,050 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 55 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $96,250, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $70,510 at the bottom tenth to $121,800 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $78,786 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 $76,816.
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.
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 $96,250. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($70,510 to $121,800) 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 $78,786 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 $76,816 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.