Tile and Stone Setters in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,081
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$14,149
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,519
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
$70,230
Kept after tax
$56,081
Worth in national money
$57,519
State rank
6
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for tile and stone setters is strong here. Pennsylvania's middle earner gets $70,230, putting the state 6 of 47 — about 26.11% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Pennsylvania reports figures for, this is number 169.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $70,230 the take-home is $56,081, which is worth about $57,519 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $67,560, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For tile and stone setters, Pennsylvania sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $70,230, ranking 6 of 47 and running about 26.11% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Pennsylvania's occupational distribution, tile and stone setters sits at 169 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.
- Pennsylvania's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for tile and stone setters on its $70,230 median: $56,081 retained after tax becomes $57,519 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $67,560 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Tile and Stone Setters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $96,980 |
| This salary | $70,230 |
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 | $56,081 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,237 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,411 |
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 | $67,165 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,331 |
| 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 tile and stone setters in Pennsylvania earn under $70,230 and half over. The published range runs $44,300 at the tenth percentile to $96,980 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 $56,081, worked from $70,230. 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 169 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Pennsylvania, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $57,519, the adjusted value of that $70,230 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 169 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for tile and stone setters in Pennsylvania, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,300 to $96,980; 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 $56,081, on $70,230 for work ranking 169 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 169 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Pennsylvania, so $57,519 — the adjusted value of that $70,230 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 169 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 $67,560 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 $44,300 at the bottom tenth to $96,980 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 $57,519 in national terms.
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 $56,081 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 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 $67,560. 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 ($44,300) and the ninetieth ($96,980) 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 $57,519 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 $56,081 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.