Pennsylvania · BLS May 2025
The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 22,360 substitute teachers, short-term 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
$44,870A year, or $21.57 an hour.| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid | $30,470 | $14.65 |
| 25th percentile | $35,920 | $17.27 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | $44,870 | $21.57 |
| 75th percentile | $47,710 | $22.94 |
| 90th percentileMost experienced and senior | $63,930 | $30.74 |
| MeanThe average, pulled up by the top | $44,920 | $21.60 |
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A $44,870 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 $44,870 earned here buys what $45,987 buys at national average prices.
Common questions
The median wage for substitute teachers in Pennsylvania is $44,870 a year, or $21.57 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 $44,870, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $36,856 a year, or roughly $3,071 a month.
That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 17.9%.
Pennsylvania takes $1,378 of it in state income tax.
Yes. The median in Pennsylvania is 7.7% above the national median of $41,670.
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 0.58 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 $44,870 here buys about what $45,987 buys at national average prices.
The top tenth earn $63,930 a year or more, against $30,470 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 22,360 of these jobs in Pennsylvania for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 9% 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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