Physicians, All Other in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$155,004
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$62,306
28.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$158,979
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
$217,310
Kept after tax
$155,004
Worth in national money
$158,979
State rank
44
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for physicians, all other is on the low side in Pennsylvania. The middle earner gets $217,310. That is 44 of 50 states, and about 18.28% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Pennsylvania reports, physicians, all other comes in at 5 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $217,310, tax leaves $155,004, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $158,979 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $237,190, since top earners drag the number up.
- For physicians, all other, Pennsylvania sits in the lower band at $217,310, ranking 44 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 18.28%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Physicians, all other ranks 5 of 492 occupations by median in Pennsylvania, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Because Pennsylvania sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for physicians, all other — median $217,310 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $155,004 retained, $158,979 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $237,190 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Physicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $70,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $217,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $423,340 |
| This salary | $217,310 |
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 | $155,004 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $161,676 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,397 |
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 | $208,252 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,760 |
| 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 physicians, all other in Pennsylvania earn under $217,310 and half over. The published range runs $70,850 at the tenth percentile to $423,340 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 $155,004, worked from $217,310. 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 5 of 492.
- Two cautions on $158,979, the adjusted value of that $217,310 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Pennsylvania. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 5 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for physicians, all other in Pennsylvania, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $70,850 to $423,340; 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 $155,004, on $217,310 for work ranking 5 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 5 of 492 in the state.
- This $158,979 adjusted figure, worked from $217,310, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 5 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 5 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 $237,190 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $70,850 at the bottom tenth to $423,340 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $158,979 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $155,004.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $237,190. 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 ($70,850) and the ninetieth ($423,340) 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 $158,979 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 $155,004 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.