Tree Trimmers and Pruners in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,157
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$11,043
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,366
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
$58,200
Kept after tax
$47,157
Worth in national money
$48,366
State rank
14
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pennsylvania is one of the better-paying states for tree trimmers and pruners. The middle earner takes $58,200, which ranks 14 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 14.21% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Pennsylvania, this sits in the middle: 255 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $58,200 the take-home is $47,157, which is worth about $48,366 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $59,450, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Pennsylvania ranks 14 of 49 states publishing a median for tree trimmers and pruners, at $58,200 — about 14.21% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Tree trimmers and pruners ranks 255 of 492 occupations in Pennsylvania by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Pennsylvania's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for tree trimmers and pruners on its $58,200 median: $47,157 retained after tax becomes $48,366 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $59,450 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Tree Trimmers and Pruners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,750 |
| This salary | $58,200 |
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 | $47,157 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,944 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,000 |
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 | $55,976 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,419 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $58,200 as a midpoint for Pennsylvania, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,800 and the ninetieth is $75,750 — 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 $47,157, worked from $58,200. 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 255 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Pennsylvania, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $48,366, the adjusted value of that $58,200 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 255 of 492 in the state.
- The Pennsylvania median of $58,200 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,800 to $75,750. 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 $47,157, on $58,200 for work ranking 255 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 255 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Pennsylvania, so $48,366 — the adjusted value of that $58,200 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 255 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $46,800 at the bottom tenth to $75,750 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $48,366.
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, $47,157 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,800 to $75,750) 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 $48,366 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 $47,157 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.