Prepress Technicians and Workers in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,124
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$8,976
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,153
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
$49,100
Kept after tax
$40,124
Worth in national money
$41,153
State rank
18
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Pennsylvania pays prepress technicians and workers around $49,100 at the midpoint, 18 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Pennsylvania reports figures for, this is number 321.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $49,100, tax leaves $40,124, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $41,153 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $50,060, since top earners drag the number up.
- For prepress technicians and workers the Pennsylvania median is $49,100, 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.
- In Pennsylvania's occupational distribution, prepress technicians and workers sits at 321 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Pennsylvania sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for prepress technicians and workers — median $49,100 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $40,124 retained, $41,153 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $50,060 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Prepress Technicians and Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,190 |
| This salary | $49,100 |
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 | $40,124 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,632 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,689 |
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 | $47,224 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,042 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,100 as a midpoint for Pennsylvania, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,080 and the ninetieth is $61,190 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Pennsylvania's $40,124, worked from $49,100. 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 321 of 492.
- Two cautions on $41,153, the adjusted value of that $49,100 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 321 of 492 locally.
- The Pennsylvania median of $49,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,080 to $61,190. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Pennsylvania take-home of $40,124, on $49,100 for work ranking 321 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 321 of 492 in the state.
- This $41,153 adjusted figure, worked from $49,100, 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 321 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 321 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,080 at the tenth percentile, $61,190 at the ninetieth.
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 $41,153 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, $40,124 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,080 to $61,190) 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 $41,153 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 $40,124 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.