Information and Record Clerks, All Other in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,693
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$9,437
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,762
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
$51,130
Kept after tax
$41,693
Worth in national money
$42,762
State rank
20
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Pennsylvania pays this job around $51,130 at the midpoint, 20 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Pennsylvania, this sits in the middle: 305 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $51,130, tax leaves $41,693, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $42,762 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $51,530, since top earners drag the number up.
- For information and record clerks, all other the Pennsylvania median is $51,130, ranking 20 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Information and record clerks, all other ranks 305 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.
- Because Pennsylvania sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for information and record clerks, all other — median $51,130 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $41,693 retained, $42,762 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $51,530 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Information and Record Clerks, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,730 |
| This salary | $51,130 |
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 | $41,693 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,263 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,758 |
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 | $49,176 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,127 |
| 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 information and record clerks, all other in Pennsylvania earn under $51,130 and half over. The published range runs $34,960 at the tenth percentile to $66,730 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Pennsylvania's $41,693, worked from $51,130. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 305 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Pennsylvania, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,762, the adjusted value of that $51,130 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 305 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for information and record clerks, all other in Pennsylvania, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,960 to $66,730; 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.
- The Pennsylvania take-home of $41,693, on $51,130 for work ranking 305 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 305 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Pennsylvania, so $42,762 — the adjusted value of that $51,130 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 305 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,960 at the tenth percentile, $66,730 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Pennsylvania sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $42,762 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Pennsylvania adds its own income tax on top — which is why $41,693 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,960 to $66,730) 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 $42,762 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 $41,693 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.