Occupational Health and Safety Technicians in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,815
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$11,825
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,093
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
$61,640
Kept after tax
$49,815
Worth in national money
$51,093
State rank
29
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Pennsylvania pays this job around $61,640 at the midpoint, 29 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 219 among 492 occupations Pennsylvania publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Pennsylvania costs about what the country costs, so from $61,640, take-home of $49,815 is worth roughly $51,093 in national money. The average comes to $64,210, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For occupational health and safety technicians the Pennsylvania median is $61,640, ranking 29 of 48 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 219 of 492 in Pennsylvania places occupational health and safety technicians 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 occupational health and safety technicians, whose median is $61,640, the adjusted figure of $51,093 differs little from $49,815 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $64,210 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,810 |
| This salary | $61,640 |
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 | $49,815 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,708 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,118 |
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 | $59,285 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,562 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,640 as a midpoint for Pennsylvania, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,420 and the ninetieth is $90,810 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $49,815 take-home in Pennsylvania comes from $61,640. 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 219 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $51,093 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 219.
- The Pennsylvania median of $61,640 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,420 to $90,810. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $49,815, from $61,640, 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 219 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $51,093, worked from $61,640, 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 219 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 $64,210 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $47,420 at the bottom tenth to $90,810 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $51,093 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $49,815 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 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 $64,210. 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 ($47,420 to $90,810) 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 $51,093 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 $49,815 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.