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Average Fallers Salary in Pennsylvania

Fallers in Pennsylvania earn a median annual salary of $43,470, which is -19.4% compared to the national median. There are 70 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Pennsylvania (state).

$43,470
Pennsylvania median annual wage
$21/hour median
-19.4%
Difference vs national median
National median is $53,900
70
Local employment
0.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.44
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$15,080
25th
$21,730
Median
$43,470
75th
$101,770
90th
$103,880

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Pennsylvania, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
97.6%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$44,552
Goods: 99.4%
Services: 109.3%
Rents: 85.1%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Oregon$84,770Compare270
Washington$76,220Compare150
Idaho$73,700CompareN/A
Arkansas$64,170Compare140
California$62,020Compare260
Indiana$61,140Compare50

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Pennsylvania

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Chief Executives$220,5101.71
Pediatricians, General$217,8101.20
Nurse Anesthetists$217,6701.36
Dentists, All Other Specialists$212,4700.32
Physicists$208,4700.65
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric$208,0600.67
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers$172,7101.04
Dentists, General$168,7400.72

Pennsylvania has salary data for 795 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Chief Executives.

Historical series

Trend for Fallers in Pennsylvania

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Fallers are projected to change by -7.3% from 2024 to 2034, with 700 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.