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Nursing pay in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania pays Nurse Practitioners about $130.1K, 2% under the national median.

Pennsylvania pays Nurse Practitioners about $130.1K, 2% under the national median. The national median is about $132.3K.

Upper-quartile Nurse Practitioners pay in Pennsylvania is $142.7K. Headcount in the same cell is 10,670.

The nursing list in Pennsylvania does not end on that wage. Home Health and Personal Care Aides pays about $29.4K, 18% under the national median, against about $35.8K nationally.

Each occupation

1Nurse Practitioners

State median
$130,140
75th percentile
$142,720
U.S. median
$132,300
State vs U.S.
0.98
State employment
10,670

2Registered Nurses

State median
$96,430
75th percentile
$104,730
U.S. median
$97,550
State vs U.S.
0.99
State employment
146,520

3Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

State median
$63,940
75th percentile
$72,810
U.S. median
$64,400
State vs U.S.
0.99
State employment
38,260

4Nursing Assistants

State median
$44,590
75th percentile
$46,850
U.S. median
$42,260
State vs U.S.
1.06
State employment
67,740

5Home Health and Personal Care Aides

State median
$29,420
75th percentile
$34,430
U.S. median
$35,800
State vs U.S.
0.82
State employment
257,370

Ranked table

Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.

RankOccupationState median75th percentileU.S. medianState vs U.S.State employment
1Nurse Practitioners$130,140$142,720$132,3000.9810,670
2Registered Nurses$96,430$104,730$97,5500.99146,520
3Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$63,940$72,810$64,4000.9938,260
4Nursing Assistants$44,590$46,850$42,2601.0667,740
5Home Health and Personal Care Aides$29,420$34,430$35,8000.82257,370

Takeaways

  • Quote about $130.1K for Nurse Practitioners in Pennsylvania.
  • For Nurse Practitioners in Pennsylvania, that pay is 2% under the national median.
  • Nurse Practitioners employment in Pennsylvania is 10,670.
  • Home Health and Personal Care Aides remains in the Pennsylvania brief at about $29.4K.

For recruiters

  • Clear local Nurse Practitioners pay before a start date.
  • Mention the 75th percentile for Nurse Practitioners.

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

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Methodology

Occupations are the fixed set named in the series, kept only when both the Pennsylvania median and the U.S. median are published. A 75th percentile or an employment count that is unpublished stays blank in the table. The article is omitted when fewer than 4 occupations qualify. OEWS May 2025. A comparison of 1.00 matches the U.S. median. Sorted by the Registered Nurses state median when that occupation qualifies, otherwise by the highest median in the table. Pennsylvania is 20 of 51. A row links to the Pennsylvania metro page with the highest public market difficulty score for that occupation when one is published, and otherwise to the occupation page on the hiring grid. An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero. The wages are annual OEWS figures. They are not job listings and they are not an employer's current offer. Read the comparison beside the dollar figures: a high state wage can still sit under the national median for that occupation, and a lower state wage can still sit above it. Rounded figures in the prose: $130,140 is stated as about $130.1K. $132,300 is stated as about $132.3K. a comparison of 0.98 is stated as 2 percent. $142,720 is stated as about $142.7K. $29,420 is stated as about $29.4K. a comparison of 0.82 is stated as 18 percent. $35,800 is stated as about $35.8K.

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