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Average Packers And Packagers, Hand Salary in Pennsylvania

Packers And Packagers, Hand in Pennsylvania earn a median annual salary of $36,670, which is +3.1% compared to the national median. There are 24,490 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).

$36,670
Pennsylvania median annual wage
$18/hour median
+3.1%
Difference vs national median
National median is $35,580
24,490
Local employment
4.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.04
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$28,290
25th
$31,430
Median
$36,670
75th
$41,020
90th
$45,900

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
$37,583
Goods: 99.4%
Services: 109.3%
Rents: 85.1%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
New Jersey$42,770Compare76,060
Alaska$40,360Compare710
District of Columbia$40,210CompareN/A
Colorado$39,000Compare4,910
Vermont$38,740Compare750
Indiana$38,640Compare13,390

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 Packers And Packagers, Hand in Pennsylvania

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Packers And Packagers, Hand are projected to change by -5.4% from 2024 to 2034, with 74,000 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.