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5 healthcare jobs where pay in Pennsylvania lags the U.S. median
Pennsylvania pays Dental Hygienists about $80.6K, 18% under the national median.
Flag Dental Hygienists before the other lags in Pennsylvania. The state median is about $80.6K, 18% under the national median.
Anything above 0.97 times the national median is left off the Pennsylvania list. Dental Hygienists is the case to brief.
Even the last Pennsylvania row, Healthcare Social Workers, stays short of the country: about $61.9K, 9% under the national median.
Each occupation
1Dental Hygienists
- State median
- $80,610
- U.S. median
- $98,100
- State vs U.S.
- 0.82
2Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
- State median
- $51,680
- U.S. median
- $62,930
- State vs U.S.
- 0.82
3Home Health and Personal Care Aides
- State median
- $29,420
- U.S. median
- $35,800
- State vs U.S.
- 0.82
4Pharmacy Technicians
- State median
- $40,040
- U.S. median
- $45,750
- State vs U.S.
- 0.88
5Healthcare Social Workers
- State median
- $61,900
- U.S. median
- $67,880
- State vs U.S.
- 0.91
Ranked table
Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.
| Rank | Occupation | State median | U.S. median | State vs U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dental Hygienists | $80,610 | $98,100 | 0.82 |
| 2 | Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians | $51,680 | $62,930 | 0.82 |
| 3 | Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $29,420 | $35,800 | 0.82 |
| 4 | Pharmacy Technicians | $40,040 | $45,750 | 0.88 |
| 5 | Healthcare Social Workers | $61,900 | $67,880 | 0.91 |
Takeaways
- The widest Pennsylvania lag is Dental Hygienists, 18% under the national median.
- Put about $80.6K on the Pennsylvania offer and about $98.1K on the national comparison.
- Healthcare Social Workers closes the Pennsylvania lags at about $61.9K, 9% under the national median.
- The Pennsylvania cutoff for this table is 0.97 times the national median.
For recruiters
- Clear the local median for Dental Hygienists.
- Show both medians before the offer goes out.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
An occupation is included only when the Pennsylvania OEWS median is at most 0.97 times the U.S. median for the same occupation. The 5 lowest comparisons are shown. States with fewer than 5 such occupations are omitted, rather than filled with occupations at or above the U.S. median. OEWS May 2025. Sorted by the lowest comparison, Pennsylvania is 19 of 31. 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: $80,610 is stated as about $80.6K. $98,100 is stated as about $98.1K. a comparison of 0.82 is stated as 18 percent. $61,900 is stated as about $61.9K. $67,880 is stated as about $67.9K. a comparison of 0.91 is stated as 9 percent.
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