Marriage and Family Therapists in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,216
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$12,824
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,580
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
$66,040
Kept after tax
$53,216
Worth in national money
$54,580
State rank
18
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Pennsylvania pays marriage and family therapists around $66,040 at the midpoint, 18 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Marriage and family therapists ranks 182 among 492 occupations Pennsylvania publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Pennsylvania costs about what the country costs, so from $66,040, take-home of $53,216 is worth roughly $54,580 in national money. The average comes to $67,890, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For marriage and family therapists the Pennsylvania median is $66,040, ranking 18 of 45 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.
- Position 182 of 492 in Pennsylvania places marriage and family therapists in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Pennsylvania is near the national base, so for marriage and family therapists, whose median is $66,040, the adjusted figure of $54,580 differs little from $53,216 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $67,890 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Marriage and Family Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $91,980 |
| This salary | $66,040 |
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 | $53,216 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,243 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,269 |
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 | $63,517 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,744 |
| 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 marriage and family therapists in Pennsylvania earn under $66,040 and half over. The published range runs $47,050 at the tenth percentile to $91,980 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $53,216 take-home in Pennsylvania comes from $66,040. 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 182 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Pennsylvania, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $54,580, the adjusted value of that $66,040 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 182 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for marriage and family therapists in Pennsylvania, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,050 to $91,980; 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 $53,216, from $66,040, 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 182 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Pennsylvania, so $54,580 — the adjusted value of that $66,040 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 182 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $47,050 and the top tenth $91,980, so most people doing this work in Pennsylvania sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $54,580.
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 $53,216.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,050 to $91,980) 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 $54,580 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 $53,216 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.