Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,460
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$8,780
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,472
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
$48,240
Kept after tax
$39,460
Worth in national money
$40,472
State rank
33
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Pennsylvania pays this job a middle wage of $48,240, 33 of 45 states and about 7.23% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 331 among 492 occupations Pennsylvania publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $48,240 the take-home is $39,460, which is worth about $40,472 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $47,030, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Pennsylvania's $48,240 median for recreational vehicle service technicians places it 33 of 45 states, about 7.23% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 331 of 492 in Pennsylvania places recreational vehicle service 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.
- Pennsylvania's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for recreational vehicle service technicians on its $48,240 median: $39,460 retained after tax becomes $40,472 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $47,030 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,360 |
| This salary | $48,240 |
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 | $39,460 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,941 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,659 |
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 | $46,397 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,007 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Pennsylvania earn less than $48,240. The published range is $29,990 up to $62,360, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Pennsylvania's $39,460, worked from $48,240. 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 331 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Pennsylvania, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,472, the adjusted value of that $48,240 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 331 of 492 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for recreational vehicle service technicians in Pennsylvania the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,990 to $62,360. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Pennsylvania take-home of $39,460, on $48,240 for work ranking 331 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 331 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Pennsylvania, so $40,472 — the adjusted value of that $48,240 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 331 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $29,990 at the bottom tenth to $62,360 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 $40,472 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Pennsylvania adds its own income tax on top — which is why $39,460 of this wage survives to your account.
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 ($29,990 to $62,360) 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 $40,472 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 $39,460 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.