First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,267
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$8,723
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,274
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
$47,990
Kept after tax
$39,267
Worth in national money
$40,274
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Pennsylvania is 26 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $47,990. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Pennsylvania, this sits in the middle: 336 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Pennsylvania costs about what the country costs, so from $47,990, take-home of $39,267 is worth roughly $40,274 in national money. The average comes to $50,960, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Pennsylvania ranks 26 of 51 for first-line supervisors of personal service workers at $47,990. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- First-line supervisors of personal service workers ranks 336 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.
- Price parity in Pennsylvania is near the national base, so for first-line supervisors of personal service workers, whose median is $47,990, the adjusted figure of $40,274 differs little from $39,267 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $50,960 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $67,410 |
| This salary | $47,990 |
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 | $39,267 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,740 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,651 |
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 | $46,156 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,996 |
| 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 personal service workers in Pennsylvania earn under $47,990 and half over. The published range runs $35,960 at the tenth percentile to $67,410 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,267 take-home in Pennsylvania comes from $47,990. 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 336 of 492.
- Two cautions on $40,274, the adjusted value of that $47,990 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 336 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of personal service workers in Pennsylvania, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,960 to $67,410; 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 $39,267, from $47,990, 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 336 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 51 for it.
- This $40,274 adjusted figure, worked from $47,990, 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 336 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 336 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 $50,960, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,960 at the tenth percentile, $67,410 at the ninetieth.
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 $40,274.
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 $39,267.
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 $50,960. 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 ($35,960 to $67,410) 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 $40,274 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 $39,267 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.