Training and Development Managers in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$91,006
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$31,144
25.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$93,339
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
$122,150
Kept after tax
$91,006
Worth in national money
$93,339
State rank
27
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Pennsylvania pays this job around $122,150 at the midpoint, 27 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Pennsylvania reports, this job comes in at 26 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Pennsylvania costs about what the country costs, so from $122,150, take-home of $91,006 is worth roughly $93,339 in national money. The average comes to $138,920, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For training and development managers the Pennsylvania median is $122,150, ranking 27 of 48 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.
- Training and development managers ranks 26 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.
- Price parity in Pennsylvania is near the national base, so for training and development managers, whose median is $122,150, the adjusted figure of $93,339 differs little from $91,006 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $138,920 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Training and Development Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $122,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $211,300 |
| This salary | $122,150 |
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 | $91,006 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $94,756 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,171 |
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 | $116,810 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,772 |
| 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 training and development managers in Pennsylvania earn under $122,150 and half over. The published range runs $77,600 at the tenth percentile to $211,300 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $91,006 take-home in Pennsylvania comes from $122,150. 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 26 of 492.
- Two cautions on $93,339, the adjusted value of that $122,150 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 26 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for training and development managers in Pennsylvania, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $77,600 to $211,300; 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 $91,006, from $122,150, 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 26 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 27 of 48 for it.
- This $93,339 adjusted figure, worked from $122,150, 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 26 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 26 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $138,920, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $77,600 at the bottom tenth to $211,300 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $93,339.
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 $91,006.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 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 $138,920. 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 ($77,600) and the ninetieth ($211,300) 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 $93,339 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 $91,006 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.