Pennsylvania · BLS May 2025
Also called healthcare administrator, hospital administrator. SOC 11-9111.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 30,480 medical and health services managers working in Pennsylvania. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal, state and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.
Median pay · Pennsylvania
$103,670A year, or $49.84 an hour.| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid | $64,820 | $31.16 |
| 25th percentile | $81,130 | $39.00 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | $103,670 | $49.84 |
| 75th percentile | $130,640 | $62.81 |
| 90th percentileMost experienced and senior | $171,400 | $82.40 |
| MeanThe average, pulled up by the top | $117,690 | $56.58 |
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A $103,670 salary in Pennsylvania, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.
Prices in Pennsylvania sit at 97.6 against a national average of 100, so $103,670 earned here buys what $106,250 buys at national average prices.
Common questions
The median wage for medical or health services managers in Pennsylvania is $103,670 a year, or $49.84 an hour.
Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.
On the median wage of $103,670, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $78,579 a year, or roughly $6,548 a month.
That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 24.2%.
Pennsylvania takes $3,183 of it in state income tax.
No. The median in Pennsylvania is 16.3% below the national median of $123,860.
Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Pennsylvania sit at 97.6 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.
It is 1.33 times the median household income of $77,971. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.
Prices in Pennsylvania run at 97.6 against a national average of 100, with rents at 85.1, so $103,670 here buys about what $106,250 buys at national average prices.
The top tenth earn $171,400 a year or more, against $64,820 at the bottom tenth.
Experience, specialism, employer and the part of Pennsylvania someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.
The survey counted 30,480 of these jobs in Pennsylvania for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 31% more concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.
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