Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,645
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$10,305
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,790
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
$54,950
Kept after tax
$44,645
Worth in national money
$45,790
State rank
13
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Pennsylvania pays this job a middle wage of $54,950, ranking 13 of 45 states and sitting about 10.1% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Pennsylvania, this sits in the middle: 277 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $54,950 the take-home is $44,645, which is worth about $45,790 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $59,600, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Pennsylvania's median for miscellaneous construction and related workers is $54,950, about 10.1% above the national figure and 13 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Miscellaneous construction and related workers ranks 277 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.
- Pennsylvania's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for miscellaneous construction and related workers on its $54,950 median: $44,645 retained after tax becomes $45,790 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $59,600 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,370 |
| This salary | $54,950 |
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 | $44,645 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,332 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,889 |
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 | $52,850 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,285 |
| 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 miscellaneous construction and related workers in Pennsylvania earn under $54,950 and half over. The published range runs $41,840 at the tenth percentile to $84,370 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $44,645 take-home in Pennsylvania comes from $54,950. 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 277 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Pennsylvania, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $45,790, the adjusted value of that $54,950 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 277 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for miscellaneous construction and related workers in Pennsylvania, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $41,840 to $84,370; 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 $44,645, from $54,950, 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 277 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Pennsylvania, so $45,790 — the adjusted value of that $54,950 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 277 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $59,600, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $41,840, the highest tenth $84,370, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $45,790 in national terms.
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, $44,645 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $59,600. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($41,840) and the ninetieth ($84,370) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $45,790 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 $44,645 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.