Healthcare Support Workers, All Other in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,080
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$8,080
17.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,030
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
$45,160
Kept after tax
$37,080
Worth in national money
$38,030
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for healthcare support workers, all other is on the low side in Pennsylvania. The middle earner gets $45,160. That is 36 of 51 states, and about 6.75% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 492 occupations Pennsylvania publishes, healthcare support workers, all other lands at 376. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $45,160, tax leaves $37,080, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $38,030 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $46,750, since top earners drag the number up.
- For healthcare support workers, all other, Pennsylvania sits in the lower band at $45,160, ranking 36 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 6.75%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Pennsylvania, this work ranks 376 of 492 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Because Pennsylvania sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for healthcare support workers, all other — median $45,160 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $37,080 retained, $38,030 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $46,750 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Healthcare Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,790 |
| This salary | $45,160 |
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 | $37,080 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,466 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,554 |
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 | $43,435 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,879 |
| 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 $45,160. The published range is $33,660 up to $63,790, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Pennsylvania the take-home figure of $37,080, from $45,160, 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 376 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 $38,030 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 376.
- Reported values are medians; for healthcare support workers, all other in Pennsylvania the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $33,660 to $63,790. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Pennsylvania is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,080 from $45,160. 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 376 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $38,030, worked from $45,160, 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 376 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $46,750 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $33,660 at the tenth percentile, $63,790 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 $38,030.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Pennsylvania's own levy, $37,080 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $46,750. 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 ($33,660 to $63,790) 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 $38,030 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 $37,080 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.