Teachers and Instructors, All Other in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,327
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$11,093
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,540
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
$58,420
Kept after tax
$47,327
Worth in national money
$48,540
State rank
32
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Pennsylvania pays teachers and instructors, all other around $58,420 at the midpoint, 32 of 50 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 249.
- No great distortion either way. Pennsylvania costs about what the country costs, so from $58,420, take-home of $47,327 is worth roughly $48,540 in national money. The average comes to $67,420, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For teachers and instructors, all other the Pennsylvania median is $58,420, ranking 32 of 50 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, teachers and instructors, all other sits at 249 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.
- Price parity in Pennsylvania is near the national base, so for teachers and instructors, all other, whose median is $58,420, the adjusted figure of $48,540 differs little from $47,327 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $67,420 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Teachers and Instructors, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,000 |
| This salary | $58,420 |
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 | $47,327 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,120 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,008 |
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 | $56,188 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,428 |
| 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 teachers and instructors, all other in Pennsylvania earn under $58,420 and half over. The published range runs $36,910 at the tenth percentile to $104,000 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $47,327 take-home in Pennsylvania comes from $58,420. 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 249 of 492.
- Two cautions on $48,540, the adjusted value of that $58,420 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 249 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for teachers and instructors, all other in Pennsylvania, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,910 to $104,000; 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 $47,327, from $58,420, 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 249 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 50 for it.
- This $48,540 adjusted figure, worked from $58,420, 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 249 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 249 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 $67,420 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 $36,910 at the bottom tenth to $104,000 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $48,540 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, $47,327 remains.
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 $67,420. 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 ($36,910) and the ninetieth ($104,000) 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 $48,540 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 $47,327 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.