Wages by Occupation in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 335,010 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $49,610 for all occupations combined. 493 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

Who lives in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA area and what they earn, by education, from federal survey data (not a measure of any one employer or college).

35.8% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±0.8), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 98.7 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 96.3; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024; estimates are revised). A higher number means prices are higher on average, not that the area is better or worse.

About 34,737 residents (5.9% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±1,418; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 3.9% in 2025, with a labor force of about 311,132 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

40.6% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.7), compared with 39.6% nationally (Table B15001).

Median yearly earnings by education, adults 25 and over who have earnings

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	$36,390	$32,485
High school graduate	$41,770	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$49,668	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$66,675	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$84,170	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	23.0% (±2.7)	24.2%
High school graduate	12.2% (±0.9)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	7.4% (±0.9)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7% (±0.5)	4.5%

Unemployment rate by education, ages 25 to 64

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	6.8% (±2.3)	7.7%
High school graduate	5.0% (±0.6)	5.9%
Some college or associate's degree	2.6% (±0.4)	4.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1% (±0.4)	2.8%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	34.7%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	10.6%	10.0%
Business	17.8%	20.1%
Education	13.4%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	23.5%	23.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, Tables B15003, B20004 (earnings shown only when the margin of error is at most 20% of the value), B23006 (unemployment shown only when every margin is at most 3 points), B17003 (margins of error at the 90% level; poverty shown only when every margin is at most 8 points) and C15010 (the Census Bureau’s own field groups, in a fixed order, not ranked). Describes residents of the area, not a prediction for any person; the Census Bureau has not endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	3,210	$76,510	$80,290	9.59	1.03
Actuaries	120	$106,600	$115,500	0.35	2.07
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	140	$100,110	$105,050	0.43	4.09
Administrative Services Managers	520	$109,470	$115,580	1.54	0.91
Advertising and Promotions Managers	80	$124,930	$129,590	0.23	1.63
Advertising Sales Agents	230	$58,250	$67,110	0.68	1.15
Agricultural Inspectors	30	$69,710	$66,580	0.10	1.10
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	60	$69,430	$79,390	0.17	0.19
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	1,810	$31,060	$29,910	5.39	2.11
Animal Caretakers	510	$30,770	$32,560	1.53	0.89
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	140	$81,940	$91,620	0.43	0.63
Architectural and Civil Drafters	260	$64,900	$68,560	0.77	1.16
Architectural and Engineering Managers	430	$164,150	$162,450	1.30	0.92
Archivists	40	$70,450	$73,140	0.13	2.57
Art Directors	60	$95,310	$98,280	0.18	0.52
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	130	$81,790	$93,130	0.39	0.65
Athletic Trainers	100	$56,230	$59,540	0.29	1.49
Audio and Video Technicians	80	$57,970	$61,600	0.25	0.55
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	120	$29,260	$32,550	0.35	0.53
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	320	$50,170	$53,870	0.94	0.98
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1,410	$49,540	$52,760	4.20	0.93
Bakers	450	$35,810	$36,800	1.33	0.88
Bartenders	1,860	$27,520	$35,220	5.55	1.14
Bill and Account Collectors	410	$46,660	$46,970	1.23	1.21
Billing and Posting Clerks	750	$47,580	$49,410	2.24	0.86
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	120	$100,740	$103,460	0.35	1.08
Biological Scientists, All Other	50	$96,430	$98,950	0.14	0.38
Biological Technicians	120	$51,320	$60,710	0.37	0.83
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	2,450	$48,540	$51,080	7.32	0.83
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	80	$72,730	$75,910	0.23	0.68
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	40	$41,690	$50,930	0.12	0.88
Broadcast Technicians	30	$58,410	$62,460	0.09	0.67
Brokerage Clerks	70	$57,890	$65,470	0.21	0.89
Budget Analysts	370	$80,480	$83,630	1.12	3.68
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	1,120	$64,010	$65,820	3.34	1.79
Bus Drivers, School	1,480	$48,150	$48,170	4.41	1.70
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	200	$58,870	$53,540	0.61	0.60
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	1,960	$75,230	$79,400	5.84	0.84
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	210	$107,910	$108,440	0.62	1.18
Butchers and Meat Cutters	140	$39,770	$42,470	0.41	0.46
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	1,180	$75,420	$77,220	3.51	1.11
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	90	$46,470	$51,680	0.26	0.53
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film	60	$40,030	$45,410	0.19	1.34
Cardiologists	80	$567,680	$495,950	0.23	2.10
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	280	$49,520	$63,170	0.83	2.05
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	500	$57,680	$60,960	1.49	2.03
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	—	$76,640	$74,940	—	—
Cargo and Freight Agents	100	$59,750	$59,740	0.28	0.45
Carpenters	1,320	$57,690	$61,180	3.93	0.91
Carpet Installers	60	$47,100	$50,750	0.19	2.16
Cashiers	5,640	$29,330	$29,810	16.83	0.85
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	120	$60,590	$65,720	0.37	0.28
Chefs and Head Cooks	400	$59,690	$61,760	1.20	0.93
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	30	$49,460	$53,770	0.10	0.11
Chemical Technicians	90	$49,390	$51,700	0.27	0.73
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$95,780	$98,140	0.12	0.94
Chemists	160	$73,670	$77,740	0.48	0.90
Chief Executives	520	$209,140	$308,660	1.54	1.17
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	890	$62,810	$60,690	2.65	1.05
Childcare Workers	890	$29,950	$31,030	2.66	0.80
Chiropractors	80	$70,630	$74,610	0.25	0.97
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	170	$68,600	$69,380	0.50	1.14
Civil Engineers	1,370	$93,830	$98,380	4.08	1.73
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	770	$76,100	$77,490	2.31	1.11
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	680	$33,530	$34,780	2.04	0.83
Clergy	120	$59,650	$56,110	0.36	0.98
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	130	$84,860	$101,370	0.39	0.81
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	700	$61,300	$61,220	2.09	0.98
Coaches and Scouts	420	$40,570	$58,540	1.26	0.79
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	210	$50,600	$52,810	0.64	0.62
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	160	$46,600	$49,460	0.49	2.88
Commercial and Industrial Designers	30	$84,540	$91,470	0.10	0.45
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$75,400	$82,560	0.17	0.89
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	210	$84,070	$81,060	0.62	0.89
Community Health Workers	100	$58,250	$66,320	0.31	0.79
Compensation and Benefits Managers	60	$132,540	$144,170	0.17	1.17
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	320	$69,850	$75,120	0.94	1.30
Compliance Officers	1,330	$76,940	$79,260	3.98	1.48
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,360	$146,300	$153,340	4.07	0.94
Computer Network Architects	300	$122,200	$120,850	0.91	0.78
Computer Network Support Specialists	240	$77,160	$79,630	0.72	0.77
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	280	$57,200	$56,300	0.84	0.77
Computer Occupations, All Other	1,680	$100,110	$99,550	5.02	1.79
Computer Programmers	140	$86,450	$92,060	0.41	0.69
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$104,980	$103,340	0.25	1.09
Computer Systems Analysts	1,190	$91,900	$93,360	3.55	1.06
Computer User Support Specialists	1,390	$58,670	$60,120	4.16	0.90
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	110	$48,620	$52,010	0.34	0.81
Concierges	110	$39,450	$40,400	0.34	1.07
Construction and Building Inspectors	380	$66,730	$68,910	1.15	1.21
Construction Laborers	1,370	$49,670	$52,580	4.10	0.58
Construction Managers	350	$106,720	$116,940	1.03	0.42
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	60	$77,560	$74,190	0.17	0.55
Cooks, All Other	50	$32,910	$34,420	0.15	1.24
Cooks, Fast Food	510	$27,070	$30,350	1.53	0.37
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	1,190	$36,880	$36,740	3.56	1.26
Cooks, Restaurant	2,510	$36,520	$36,580	7.49	0.83
Cooks, Short Order	130	$28,970	$29,450	0.38	0.43
Correctional Officers and Jailers	760	$63,460	$65,960	2.25	0.92
Cost Estimators	470	$78,060	$82,280	1.39	0.96
Counselors, All Other	110	$71,970	$71,290	0.32	1.71
Counter and Rental Clerks	660	$43,050	$44,190	1.97	0.77
Couriers and Messengers	120	$40,980	$41,260	0.34	0.78
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	30	$63,970	$62,960	0.10	1.17
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	180	$45,820	$50,760	0.53	0.46
Crane and Tower Operators	80	$51,450	$61,370	0.25	0.92
Credit Analysts	80	$78,400	$90,510	0.23	0.55
Credit Counselors	40	$62,340	$65,640	0.11	0.59
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$97,380	$93,140	0.10	1.18
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	420	$34,210	$39,170	1.27	2.09
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$59,160	$58,380	0.12	0.74
Curators	50	$63,150	$67,950	0.14	1.74
Customer Service Representatives	5,040	$42,600	$44,260	15.06	0.90
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	90	$50,390	$53,910	0.26	0.89
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	280	$45,570	$46,680	0.83	0.76
Data Entry Keyers	200	$37,920	$39,870	0.60	0.73
Data Scientists	500	$96,760	$101,030	1.50	0.89
Database Administrators	190	$100,110	$101,210	0.58	1.29
Database Architects	150	$151,210	$148,420	0.44	1.03
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	50	$34,430	$36,640	0.16	0.38
Dental Assistants	720	$47,420	$50,210	2.15	0.86
Dental Hygienists	390	$84,100	$83,080	1.16	0.81
Dental Laboratory Technicians	60	$49,110	$53,820	0.18	0.80
Dentists, General	130	$193,760	$216,490	0.40	0.50
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	300	$80,770	$88,190	0.91	1.23
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	230	$79,330	$83,540	0.68	1.17
Dietetic Technicians	120	$34,080	$35,020	0.36	1.77
Dietitians and Nutritionists	230	$65,930	$67,940	0.67	1.35
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	970	$29,340	$29,800	2.89	0.83
Directors, Religious Activities and Education	60	$45,770	$50,940	0.17	1.20
Dishwashers	960	$29,700	$29,920	2.87	0.94
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	380	$51,410	$54,490	1.13	0.86
Driver/Sales Workers	750	$41,600	$40,130	2.23	0.85
Economists	170	$80,010	$82,020	0.52	4.51
Editors	150	$62,930	$70,200	0.43	0.74
Education Administrators, All Other	50	$124,920	$129,420	0.16	0.45
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	820	$103,850	$113,740	2.44	1.16
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	240	$104,970	$118,670	0.72	0.62
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	180	$48,710	$53,490	0.55	1.15
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	150	$76,340	$83,440	0.44	1.11
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	210	$58,520	$55,290	0.62	0.82
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	620	$63,500	$66,730	1.85	0.81
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	180	$60,750	$65,610	0.53	0.86
Electrical and Electronics Drafters	30	$76,610	$74,260	0.10	0.83
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	130	$56,410	$58,350	0.39	0.93
Electrical Engineers	230	$103,740	$107,270	0.68	0.53
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	900	$40,460	$41,960	2.67	1.68
Electricians	1,050	$71,820	$75,300	3.13	0.64
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	50	$102,510	$105,690	0.15	0.25
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,990	$77,160	$73,090	8.94	1.00
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	350	$54,060	$53,880	1.04	1.05
Emergency Management Directors	110	$76,940	$86,700	0.32	3.73
Emergency Medical Technicians	590	$39,150	$41,840	1.75	1.51
Emergency Medicine Physicians	90	$239,200 or more	$239,200 or more	0.26	1.21
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	140	$101,160	$115,010	0.41	1.58
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	120	$48,440	$60,080	0.37	0.96
Engineers, All Other	100	$105,810	$110,230	0.30	0.30
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	90	$103,540	$97,580	0.26	0.71
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	80	$63,250	$68,230	0.23	0.95
Environmental Engineers	140	$91,770	$94,890	0.41	1.68
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	100	$55,220	$61,150	0.31	1.38
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	270	$82,220	$85,100	0.82	1.42
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	700	$70,450	$73,000	2.10	0.71
Exercise Physiologists	30	$50,140	$52,180	0.10	1.73
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	430	$36,580	$43,410	1.28	0.62
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	50	$51,230	$54,170	0.16	0.40
Facilities Managers	410	$90,220	$97,570	1.21	1.21
Family Medicine Physicians	80	$295,420	$275,480	0.25	0.36
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	50	$49,030	$49,250	0.15	0.62
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	140	$33,960	$36,070	0.42	0.25
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	50	$28,950	$33,140	0.16	0.75
Fast Food and Counter Workers	8,030	$28,070	$28,450	23.96	0.97
File Clerks	180	$48,800	$50,860	0.54	1.14
Film and Video Editors	30	$56,680	$59,870	0.09	0.56
Financial and Investment Analysts	570	$81,360	$96,920	1.69	0.73
Financial Clerks, All Other	70	$50,790	$50,930	0.22	0.96
Financial Examiners	140	$82,220	$92,970	0.41	0.94
Financial Managers	1,660	$133,080	$153,850	4.96	0.92
Financial Risk Specialists	80	$97,490	$105,210	0.24	0.60
Financial Specialists, All Other	400	$90,400	$90,620	1.19	1.40
Firefighters	140	$62,760	$60,640	0.43	0.19
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,320	$86,090	$91,110	3.94	0.75
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	110	$102,110	$103,910	0.34	0.97
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	300	$43,690	$46,220	0.91	1.36
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	40	$79,170	$82,340	0.11	0.17
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,780	$39,950	$43,570	5.31	0.67
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	340	$47,930	$49,140	1.00	0.87
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	260	$58,810	$56,580	0.78	0.93
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	1,160	$77,210	$79,660	3.46	0.87
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	280	$79,580	$85,850	0.84	0.61
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	4,510	$65,880	$69,120	13.45	1.46
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	460	$47,470	$49,980	1.38	1.89
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	350	$119,990	$115,240	1.03	1.04
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,140	$73,560	$70,940	3.39	0.78
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other	60	$84,070	$76,970	0.19	1.40
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	2,210	$45,880	$49,790	6.60	0.92
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	130	$59,600	$59,480	0.38	0.73
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	2,050	$64,190	$66,500	6.11	1.52
Floral Designers	80	$35,080	$35,260	0.23	0.90
Food Batchmakers	980	$42,900	$44,310	2.94	2.62
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	30	$33,660	$33,610	0.10	0.19
Food Preparation Workers	970	$31,370	$32,070	2.88	0.50
Food Processing Workers, All Other	90	$50,310	$50,620	0.28	0.67
Food Science Technicians	40	$50,310	$50,500	0.13	1.41
Food Scientists and Technologists	40	$92,690	$92,170	0.11	1.27
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	670	$33,380	$33,490	2.00	1.06
Food Service Managers	630	$62,660	$64,640	1.87	1.22
Forensic Science Technicians	30	$62,160	$64,110	0.10	0.78
Forest and Conservation Technicians	50	$63,820	$67,580	0.15	0.79
Fundraisers	380	$63,490	$66,830	1.15	1.61
Fundraising Managers	90	$115,610	$120,470	0.27	1.10
Funeral Attendants	100	$35,380	$36,650	0.29	1.46
General and Operations Managers	8,180	$101,890	$124,580	24.42	1.08
General Internal Medicine Physicians	40	$288,290	$329,750	0.10	0.24
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	100	$79,780	$83,660	0.31	2.04
Glaziers	50	$51,520	$51,640	0.16	0.43
Graphic Designers	400	$58,150	$60,970	1.18	0.93
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	70	$45,100	$45,110	0.20	0.46
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	840	$30,550	$40,640	2.51	1.28
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	—	$46,680	$51,600	—	—
Health Education Specialists	430	$84,070	$85,780	1.28	3.04
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	90	$55,380	$60,690	0.28	1.16
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	380	$131,040	$147,510	1.13	0.79
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	760	$45,140	$51,500	2.26	1.93
Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other	40	$70,450	$70,180	0.12	0.63
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	270	$45,520	$69,330	0.82	3.62
Healthcare Social Workers	—	$62,840	$66,430	—	—
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	280	$44,360	$45,630	0.82	1.16
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	910	$62,570	$66,150	2.72	1.03
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	6,800	$61,520	$63,960	20.31	1.53
Helpers--Electricians	30	$37,340	$37,080	0.10	0.25
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	100	$44,530	$40,810	0.30	0.49
Helpers--Production Workers	320	$38,850	$45,130	0.95	0.89
Highway Maintenance Workers	410	$48,250	$52,480	1.21	1.22
History Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$107,730	$101,140	0.14	1.13
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	13,040	$29,050	$30,720	38.93	1.41
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	880	$28,640	$30,560	2.64	0.95
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	650	$30,780	$31,480	1.94	1.15
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	250	$48,680	$49,990	0.73	1.26
Human Resources Managers	440	$130,200	$137,260	1.32	0.93
Human Resources Specialists	2,640	$70,140	$73,170	7.87	1.34
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	60	$55,010	$59,860	0.17	0.34
Industrial Engineers	530	$98,380	$100,270	1.58	0.67
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	1,100	$62,470	$65,200	3.28	1.16
Industrial Production Managers	370	$102,880	$114,950	1.12	0.71
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	5,150	$45,950	$48,410	15.37	3.09
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	160	$52,670	$53,810	0.47	0.54
Information Security Analysts	230	$100,780	$107,530	0.68	0.56
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1,320	$47,270	$49,300	3.95	1.03
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	250	$48,520	$51,090	0.76	0.67
Instructional Coordinators	660	$78,990	$81,460	1.97	1.34
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	390	$46,330	$48,350	1.18	0.85
Insurance Sales Agents	880	$65,370	$82,230	2.62	0.85
Insurance Underwriters	320	$77,890	$81,680	0.95	1.41
Interior Designers	80	$65,140	$71,580	0.23	0.51
Interpreters and Translators	60	$54,390	$56,430	0.16	0.49
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	170	$45,480	$45,270	0.52	0.54
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	4,240	$36,710	$37,140	12.65	0.89
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers	40	$54,750	$56,250	0.11	0.75
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	180	$78,910	$76,520	0.53	0.76
Labor Relations Specialists	380	$80,530	$90,120	1.15	2.75
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	11,760	$43,640	$44,040	35.09	1.85
Landscape Architects	40	$71,900	$84,140	0.12	0.92
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	1,630	$38,700	$41,740	4.86	0.79
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	270	$32,470	$32,940	0.81	0.63
Lawyers	1,930	$131,440	$146,670	5.75	1.19
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	430	$50,710	$53,970	1.29	1.29
Legal Support Workers, All Other	90	$93,830	$101,190	0.27	0.89
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	250	$61,000	$66,130	0.75	0.87
Library Assistants, Clerical	170	$25,220	$28,820	0.51	0.92
Library Technicians	90	$47,470	$46,030	0.26	0.58
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2,180	$62,680	$64,100	6.52	1.56
Life Scientists, All Other	50	$73,670	$80,710	0.14	3.03
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	220	$64,590	$69,490	0.65	1.37
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	360	$29,100	$29,700	1.06	1.05
Light Truck Drivers	3,470	$48,020	$54,640	10.34	1.64
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	270	$48,810	$51,210	0.80	0.75
Loan Officers	450	$66,500	$78,090	1.36	0.77
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants	30	$39,570	$37,470	0.10	0.98
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	30	$53,080	$58,470	0.09	0.95
Lodging Managers	90	$60,490	$61,380	0.25	0.93
Logisticians	1,110	$88,000	$88,490	3.32	2.05
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	100	$39,450	$44,220	0.29	1.08
Machinists	360	$56,070	$56,640	1.07	0.58
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	160	$85,140	$82,010	0.49	1.76
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,480	$32,240	$33,040	4.41	0.80
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	170	$38,180	$40,290	0.50	1.42
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	3,060	$49,250	$52,830	9.14	0.93
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	70	$59,130	$73,960	0.22	0.57
Management Analysts	3,080	$79,930	$90,000	9.21	1.59
Managers, All Other	1,460	$125,420	$129,060	4.35	1.09
Manicurists and Pedicurists	570	$29,360	$32,000	1.71	1.74
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	1,560	$71,500	$76,250	4.65	0.80
Marketing Managers	640	$128,830	$139,130	1.90	0.75
Marriage and Family Therapists	110	$71,120	$72,990	0.32	0.74
Massage Therapists	190	$48,190	$58,460	0.56	0.88
Materials Engineers	40	$98,440	$96,300	0.12	0.85
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$100,190	$91,060	0.24	0.77
Mechanical Drafters	80	$68,960	$73,540	0.25	0.97
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	50	$65,400	$72,110	0.15	0.63
Mechanical Engineers	470	$95,000	$98,180	1.40	0.73
Media and Communication Workers, All Other	80	$70,000	$67,610	0.23	1.79
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,950	$103,340	$115,350	5.82	1.52
Medical Assistants	1,370	$43,820	$43,300	4.10	0.78
Medical Equipment Preparers	300	$45,330	$44,910	0.88	1.77
Medical Equipment Repairers	50	$57,280	$60,760	0.15	0.36
Medical Records Specialists	360	$47,630	$53,650	1.07	0.85
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	170	$81,260	$98,430	0.49	0.45
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	1,380	$44,920	$45,190	4.12	0.67
Medical Transcriptionists	40	$46,960	$46,880	0.13	0.50
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	260	$58,730	$60,530	0.79	0.86
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	140	$47,990	$55,860	0.43	0.50
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	430	$39,930	$43,540	1.27	1.20
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other	40	$38,740	$41,380	0.11	1.11
Microbiologists	50	$61,710	$67,380	0.16	1.28
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,190	$76,140	$72,970	3.55	0.89
Millwrights	40	$64,810	$65,150	0.13	0.52
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	1,860	$39,160	$43,120	5.56	0.62
Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers	40	$55,410	$55,940	0.11	0.59
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	170	$51,430	$53,770	0.51	0.84
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	320	$64,040	$67,460	0.95	0.84
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	140	$46,960	$48,400	0.42	0.44
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	40	$64,450	$69,700	0.11	0.70
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	120	$27,530	$34,620	0.35	1.18
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	300	$47,260	$48,770	0.88	1.10
Natural Sciences Managers	190	$116,920	$126,240	0.58	0.82
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	510	$93,090	$95,910	1.52	0.75
New Accounts Clerks	190	$47,630	$48,860	0.57	2.39
Nuclear Medicine Technologists	50	$101,630	$93,910	0.15	1.40
Nurse Practitioners	500	$132,670	$135,590	1.48	0.71
Nursing Assistants	4,490	$43,940	$42,280	13.42	1.44
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	150	$61,900	$74,270	0.46	0.91
Obstetricians and Gynecologists	—	$239,200 or more	$239,200 or more	—	—
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	320	$84,410	$88,120	0.95	1.05
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	90	$61,340	$62,690	0.27	1.37
Occupational Therapists	430	$98,240	$99,220	1.29	1.24
Occupational Therapy Assistants	130	$61,230	$64,080	0.40	1.20
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	300	$49,130	$49,970	0.89	0.72
Office Clerks, General	6,380	$44,100	$45,250	19.05	1.20
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	50	$38,370	$39,220	0.15	0.93
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	670	$58,420	$62,450	2.00	0.65
Operations Research Analysts	250	$80,870	$86,850	0.74	1.06
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	150	$38,850	$42,050	0.44	0.96
Opticians, Dispensing	100	$45,710	$46,910	0.31	0.65
Optometrists	90	$133,820	$137,230	0.28	1.03
Order Clerks	130	$45,420	$46,460	0.40	0.82
Orderlies	280	$39,950	$40,710	0.85	2.52
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	90	$44,760	$46,630	0.27	1.16
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	1,380	$45,680	$46,920	4.11	1.68
Packers and Packagers, Hand	1,760	$37,790	$39,530	5.24	1.46
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	230	$53,800	$53,730	0.68	0.47
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	340	$38,210	$41,460	1.01	1.64
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	1,000	$60,360	$62,920	2.97	1.18
Paramedics	200	$60,390	$58,640	0.60	0.93
Parking Attendants	190	$31,390	$32,500	0.57	0.64
Parts Salespersons	560	$43,960	$44,490	1.67	0.96
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	220	$57,490	$57,470	0.67	0.68
Personal Financial Advisors	420	$112,430	$144,160	1.26	0.73
Pest Control Workers	190	$44,910	$48,160	0.57	0.87
Pharmacists	750	$135,480	$139,750	2.23	1.08
Pharmacy Aides	50	$39,520	$39,610	0.16	0.63
Pharmacy Technicians	910	$39,940	$42,000	2.73	0.90
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$77,460	$89,060	0.13	0.98
Phlebotomists	380	$44,700	$43,280	1.12	1.22
Photographers	80	$35,380	$43,610	0.25	0.76
Physical Therapist Aides	30	$37,250	$37,560	0.09	0.30
Physical Therapist Assistants	190	$62,330	$63,160	0.57	0.79
Physical Therapists	640	$100,160	$100,460	1.90	1.11
Physician Assistants	580	$123,110	$121,460	1.72	1.65
Physicians, All Other	1,310	$156,000	$209,510	3.91	1.77
Pipelayers	—	$61,220	$59,450	—	—
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	950	$73,560	$78,560	2.84	0.95
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	1,480	$84,470	$82,970	4.41	1.02
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$105,200	$109,910	0.12	1.08
Postal Service Clerks	150	$63,130	$62,400	0.45	0.94
Postal Service Mail Carriers	680	$57,700	$61,330	2.02	0.96
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	890	$56,430	$58,340	2.65	3.91
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	30	$93,070	$93,340	0.09	1.01
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	280	$78,320	$82,050	0.84	0.87
Prepress Technicians and Workers	60	$48,790	$48,320	0.18	1.14
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	980	$34,890	$35,680	2.93	0.95
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	120	$45,670	$45,190	0.35	1.63
Printing Press Operators	420	$45,820	$46,120	1.27	1.36
Private Detectives and Investigators	80	$59,770	$67,380	0.24	1.07
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	400	$68,970	$75,610	1.18	2.06
Procurement Clerks	300	$56,060	$60,570	0.90	2.50
Producers and Directors	200	$73,280	$79,940	0.59	0.64
Production Workers, All Other	340	$38,830	$41,210	1.01	0.62
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	590	$58,710	$58,350	1.75	0.70
Project Management Specialists	1,910	$97,850	$101,760	5.71	0.83
Property Appraisers and Assessors	60	$59,320	$63,930	0.18	0.48
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	460	$61,880	$78,530	1.36	0.68
Protective Service Workers, All Other	270	$30,400	$36,280	0.81	1.55
Psychiatric Technicians	370	$42,590	$42,330	1.11	1.10
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$78,920	$88,500	0.22	0.82
Public Relations Managers	170	$124,250	$127,070	0.51	1.06
Public Relations Specialists	920	$70,510	$76,810	2.75	1.51
Public Safety Telecommunicators	160	$49,080	$52,650	0.49	0.74
Purchasing Managers	150	$134,660	$137,020	0.44	0.81
Radiation Therapists	30	$101,320	$98,670	0.10	0.91
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	470	$73,740	$73,690	1.42	0.96
Rail Car Repairers	40	$53,530	$58,940	0.13	0.93
Real Estate Sales Agents	310	$51,950	$60,580	0.92	0.74
Receptionists and Information Clerks	1,970	$36,920	$36,970	5.88	1.00
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	—	$64,530	$76,990	—	—
Recreation Workers	480	$34,710	$36,650	1.43	0.67
Recreational Therapists	40	$39,260	$45,340	0.12	1.28
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	140	$58,680	$56,110	0.42	0.44
Registered Nurses	9,210	$96,770	$93,660	27.49	1.26
Rehabilitation Counselors	210	$49,810	$55,200	0.64	1.05
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	140	$37,760	$45,270	0.41	0.54
Residential Advisors	250	$35,940	$36,070	0.74	1.35
Respiratory Therapists	410	$78,750	$76,700	1.23	1.37
Retail Salespersons	7,640	$30,500	$33,890	22.79	0.91
Roofers	120	$50,950	$53,310	0.36	0.41
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	210	$37,270	$41,510	0.64	1.07
Sales Engineers	60	$94,590	$104,040	0.18	0.53
Sales Managers	890	$126,050	$140,130	2.66	0.65
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	1,880	$65,650	$78,140	5.61	0.69
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	2,450	$62,310	$77,170	7.31	0.92
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	140	$93,690	$105,940	0.42	0.23
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	80	$46,310	$43,520	0.23	0.86
School Psychologists	120	$77,160	$84,830	0.37	0.90
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	2,090	$72,860	$71,190	6.25	0.91
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	3,770	$47,430	$47,530	11.27	1.03
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	500	$60,110	$83,170	1.48	0.47
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	60	$59,990	$60,620	0.18	0.33
Security Guards	2,320	$37,880	$40,500	6.92	0.84
Self-Enrichment Teachers	660	$38,540	$44,360	1.96	0.92
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	120	$46,900	$47,580	0.35	0.92
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	100	$47,920	$51,780	0.30	1.53
Sewing Machine Operators	100	$35,380	$35,940	0.29	0.42
Sheet Metal Workers	180	$63,580	$72,750	0.54	0.70
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	2,240	$46,460	$47,730	6.67	1.27
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	780	$35,000	$34,050	2.34	1.46
Skincare Specialists	160	$44,560	$45,690	0.47	0.99
Social and Community Service Managers	490	$76,220	$84,670	1.47	1.09
Social and Human Service Assistants	1,100	$41,980	$42,240	3.28	1.17
Social Science Research Assistants	40	$50,450	$58,920	0.10	0.53
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	100	$135,390	$130,910	0.30	1.27
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$94,990	$94,830	0.10	1.17
Social Workers, All Other	50	$70,450	$80,160	0.14	0.34
Software Developers	2,580	$109,470	$117,230	7.69	0.71
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	170	$87,270	$92,840	0.49	0.41
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	440	$64,640	$70,480	1.33	0.79
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	180	$64,410	$70,500	0.54	0.87
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	660	$64,780	$69,960	1.96	1.86
Speech-Language Pathologists	410	$89,650	$92,350	1.23	1.05
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	70	$71,050	$71,490	0.19	1.07
Statisticians	160	$78,690	$85,250	0.47	2.51
Stockers and Order Fillers	8,240	$36,790	$38,720	24.61	1.35
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	40	$56,290	$55,180	0.12	0.36
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	1,330	$57,210	$59,030	3.96	1.25
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	620	$43,350	$42,270	1.86	0.55
Surgical Technologists	330	$61,730	$61,170	0.98	1.29
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	80	$59,480	$57,800	0.24	0.64
Surveyors	130	$74,880	$75,930	0.37	1.14
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	60	$41,360	$39,590	0.18	0.80
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	530	$54,060	$59,750	1.58	4.33
Tax Preparers	60	$57,770	$60,600	0.17	0.34
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	50	$69,990	$77,690	0.14	0.19
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	2,100	$34,320	$34,860	6.27	0.69
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	—	$30,840	$35,650	—	—
Technical Writers	40	$80,610	$88,820	0.13	0.44
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	210	$69,220	$71,460	0.62	0.68
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	120	$82,340	$72,890	0.35	0.55
Tellers	670	$38,430	$41,000	1.99	0.94
Tire Repairers and Changers	150	$37,270	$38,890	0.44	0.64
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	80	$49,170	$59,120	0.24	0.77
Tool and Die Makers	130	$64,920	$64,150	0.38	1.04
Tour and Travel Guides	110	$29,900	$33,410	0.31	0.91
Training and Development Managers	70	$107,020	$105,110	0.21	0.67
Training and Development Specialists	1,000	$67,370	$74,220	3.00	1.02
Transportation Security Screeners	60	$62,340	$60,070	0.19	0.58
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	600	$104,820	$114,320	1.79	1.26
Travel Agents	50	$51,980	$51,040	0.15	0.42
Tutors	170	$33,450	$45,760	0.50	0.44
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials	50	$27,850	$50,280	0.16	1.60
Urban and Regional Planners	40	$97,600	$92,310	0.13	0.44
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	120	$26,410	$27,830	0.36	0.46
Veterinarians	180	$132,750	$150,770	0.53	0.99
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	150	$37,190	$37,070	0.45	0.56
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	280	$45,510	$44,650	0.84	1.01
Waiters and Waitresses	3,920	$34,260	$37,830	11.69	0.80
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	280	$63,680	$63,680	0.83	1.01
Web and Digital Interface Designers	100	$81,830	$88,970	0.28	0.39
Web Developers	100	$83,560	$86,150	0.30	0.66
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	150	$56,560	$54,400	0.45	1.32
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	420	$52,330	$56,470	1.24	0.46
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$47,090	$47,150	0.12	0.57
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	70	$44,690	$46,060	0.22	0.55
Writers and Authors	50	$77,740	$79,410	0.15	0.49
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	50	$81,040	$80,060	0.14	1.18

Colleges in this area

10 colleges in the federal directory have a campus in this area, listed alphabetically; MajorPays does not rank colleges. Each name links to the college’s profile.

College	Type	Level	Students, fall 2024
Barber and Beauty Academy of Pennsylvania	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	47
Central Penn College	Private for-profit	4-year or above	684
Central Pennsylvania Diesel Institute	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	—
Dickinson College	Private nonprofit	4-year or above	2,314
Empire Beauty School-Harrisburg	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	152
Harrisburg Area Community College	Public	2-year	12,585
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology	Private nonprofit	4-year or above	3,650
Messiah University	Private nonprofit	4-year or above	3,373
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg	Public	4-year or above	4,478
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	Public	4-year or above	5,161

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS directory (HD 2024, core-based statistical area of the campus) and Fall Enrollment 2024 (total headcount). A count of students is the size of the college, not its quality; the Department has not endorsed this presentation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, metropolitan area estimates (cross-industry, all ownerships). Wages are pay for all workers in an occupation in this area, not any one person or employer; a dash means BLS does not publish the figure (often to protect privacy or because the estimate is unreliable), and “or more” marks a wage at or above BLS’s top reporting limit. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs in this area divided by its share nationally (1.00 = the same share as the U.S.; above 1.00 = a larger share); it says nothing about pay or openings. Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's jobs per 1,000 jobs of all kinds in this area. Occupations that BLS reports only as hourly wages are not listed, and BLS shows some wages above its top limit as plain numbers while others read “or more”. Occupations are listed alphabetically; click a heading to sort. MajorPays does not rank places or occupations. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; the Bureau of Labor Statistics has not approved or endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice. See Data sources.

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