Wages by Occupation in Lebanon, PA

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Lebanon, PA metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 53,710 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $46,500 for all occupations combined. 214 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

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

24.3% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.1), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 93.2 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 66.0; 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 6,405 residents (4.6% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±529; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 3.9% in 2025, with a labor force of about 73,100 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

27.4% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±2.8), 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	$43,034	$32,485
High school graduate	$44,802	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$48,541	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$61,347	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$78,840	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	15.1% (±3.5)	24.2%
High school graduate	10.3% (±1.4)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	7.3% (±1.2)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1% (±0.8)	4.5%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	30.4%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	12.4%	10.0%
Business	18.5%	20.1%
Education	18.4%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	20.3%	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	330	$74,190	$77,940	6.10	0.65
Administrative Services Managers	30	$102,690	$104,280	0.58	0.34
Agricultural Inspectors	50	$45,670	$47,830	0.94	10.15
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	140	$24,020	$25,710	2.56	1.00
Animal Caretakers	60	$32,150	$33,480	1.20	0.70
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	60	$51,380	$55,740	1.19	1.24
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	300	$49,180	$52,670	5.60	1.24
Bakers	180	$36,380	$36,520	3.41	2.25
Bartenders	380	$26,090	$33,450	7.07	1.45
Bill and Account Collectors	40	$47,790	$48,880	0.69	0.67
Billing and Posting Clerks	100	$45,990	$48,100	1.93	0.74
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	560	$53,500	$51,760	10.48	1.19
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	170	$60,570	$61,820	3.09	1.66
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	290	$76,950	$81,000	5.49	0.78
Butchers and Meat Cutters	70	$36,490	$38,370	1.38	1.57
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	150	$64,500	$71,730	2.72	0.86
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	130	$105,090	$92,600	2.48	3.37
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	70	$80,060	$77,750	1.39	1.94
Carpenters	310	$55,760	$57,340	5.70	1.32
Cashiers	1,390	$29,050	$29,580	25.97	1.31
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	40	$56,400	$54,860	0.80	0.60
Chefs and Head Cooks	70	$52,870	$57,240	1.38	1.08
Chief Executives	30	$213,830	$238,300	0.63	0.48
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	90	$52,890	$56,910	1.61	0.64
Childcare Workers	90	$28,520	$29,640	1.70	0.51
Civil Engineers	40	$80,550	$88,200	0.78	0.33
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	130	$36,150	$36,980	2.34	0.96
Clergy	40	$50,560	$55,480	0.72	1.96
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	70	$62,160	$64,490	1.33	0.62
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	70	$47,950	$49,250	1.29	1.27
Compliance Officers	110	$66,560	$73,330	1.99	0.74
Computer and Information Systems Managers	60	$135,270	$148,820	1.13	0.26
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	90	$48,760	$52,150	1.64	1.50
Computer Occupations, All Other	110	$96,110	$98,630	1.99	0.71
Computer Systems Analysts	40	$82,660	$93,140	0.75	0.22
Computer User Support Specialists	130	$58,650	$62,080	2.40	0.52
Construction Laborers	240	$47,530	$48,990	4.42	0.63
Construction Managers	40	$96,700	$107,860	0.69	0.28
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	290	$36,230	$37,500	5.45	1.92
Cooks, Restaurant	470	$36,250	$35,630	8.82	0.97
Cost Estimators	90	$73,640	$74,600	1.66	1.15
Counter and Rental Clerks	110	$44,060	$45,390	2.00	0.77
Customer Service Representatives	580	$41,240	$42,740	10.80	0.65
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	90	$44,400	$45,010	1.68	1.53
Data Entry Keyers	30	$35,090	$38,460	0.64	0.78
Dental Assistants	80	$46,740	$51,130	1.46	0.59
Dental Hygienists	60	$80,270	$83,240	1.07	0.75
Dietitians and Nutritionists	40	$75,460	$73,580	0.70	1.41
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	190	$28,880	$29,740	3.51	1.01
Dishwashers	190	$27,590	$28,230	3.61	1.18
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	50	$59,390	$59,190	1.00	0.77
Driver/Sales Workers	170	$47,690	$44,690	3.24	1.23
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	120	$120,080	$118,440	2.23	1.06
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	30	$44,970	$43,160	0.60	0.79
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	100	$61,490	$66,980	1.80	0.79
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	30	$82,360	$79,500	0.56	0.92
Electricians	230	$60,710	$64,000	4.30	0.88
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	480	$76,490	$73,970	8.91	1.00
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	60	$59,070	$62,230	1.04	1.05
Emergency Medical Technicians	130	$42,440	$42,730	2.36	2.03
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	50	$58,930	$67,070	1.00	0.34
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	70	$37,290	$42,330	1.27	0.61
Facilities Managers	70	$92,540	$93,960	1.23	1.22
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	40	$52,520	$52,610	0.71	2.92
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	50	$38,140	$40,550	0.86	0.51
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	40	$38,280	$48,030	0.71	3.38
Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,490	$28,200	$29,130	27.75	1.12
Financial Managers	120	$121,020	$128,180	2.17	0.40
Firefighters	40	$60,320	$60,520	0.71	0.32
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	170	$76,010	$79,400	3.13	0.60
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	310	$40,780	$43,180	5.84	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	50	$49,260	$53,050	0.95	0.83
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	50	$49,600	$55,400	0.92	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	260	$80,750	$80,560	4.80	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	430	$64,170	$67,090	8.03	0.87
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	40	$48,230	$48,830	0.75	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	30	$100,120	$101,010	0.65	0.65
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	520	$70,000	$71,090	9.60	2.22
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	410	$47,410	$50,090	7.72	1.07
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	330	$64,420	$65,140	6.18	1.54
Floral Designers	50	$35,290	$37,200	0.96	3.70
Food Batchmakers	150	$37,690	$40,300	2.79	2.49
Food Preparation Workers	180	$31,200	$31,730	3.42	0.59
Food Processing Workers, All Other	90	$37,830	$40,150	1.71	4.08
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	100	$33,040	$32,880	1.88	1.00
Food Service Managers	90	$61,930	$64,130	1.74	1.13
General and Operations Managers	1,230	$93,290	$106,480	22.93	1.02
Graphic Designers	60	$54,140	$58,180	1.13	0.89
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	200	$37,920	$45,880	3.67	1.87
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	110	$46,400	$54,580	2.07	1.76
Healthcare Social Workers	50	$58,260	$62,340	1.02	0.85
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	200	$62,370	$63,390	3.65	1.38
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,380	$57,250	$61,590	25.74	1.94
Helpers--Production Workers	270	$38,100	$39,760	5.08	4.77
Highway Maintenance Workers	100	$50,740	$52,990	1.88	1.89
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	1,000	$30,090	$32,360	18.69	0.68
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	140	$28,020	$28,500	2.59	0.93
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	60	$29,910	$30,280	1.09	0.65
Human Resources Managers	40	$112,400	$118,890	0.74	0.52
Human Resources Specialists	310	$75,320	$78,280	5.69	0.97
Industrial Engineers	80	$92,970	$94,480	1.57	0.67
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	260	$60,500	$64,980	4.91	1.74
Industrial Production Managers	170	$99,160	$114,570	3.23	2.04
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	830	$44,630	$45,160	15.52	3.12
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	410	$46,240	$49,030	7.63	1.99
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	80	$61,130	$57,510	1.47	1.30
Insurance Sales Agents	80	$56,560	$66,220	1.56	0.51
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,040	$37,430	$37,510	19.32	1.36
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	30	$78,460	$74,570	0.65	0.93
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	1,790	$38,750	$43,660	33.37	1.76
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	370	$37,790	$39,660	6.89	1.13
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	50	$34,510	$35,330	0.99	0.78
Lawyers	80	$102,460	$119,100	1.48	0.30
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	40	$46,710	$47,600	0.83	0.83
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	40	$47,450	$57,730	0.72	0.84
Library Assistants, Clerical	40	$22,450	$25,070	0.66	1.20
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	460	$65,430	$66,150	8.62	2.07
Light Truck Drivers	340	$36,910	$38,480	6.36	1.01
Loan Officers	50	$74,380	$77,460	0.93	0.53
Logisticians	160	$62,730	$69,870	3.04	1.88
Machinists	170	$52,620	$54,980	3.13	1.70
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	190	$33,530	$33,390	3.52	0.64
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	700	$52,960	$54,040	12.98	1.32
Management Analysts	140	$82,970	$94,770	2.55	0.44
Managers, All Other	100	$129,420	$128,910	1.78	0.44
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	120	$61,770	$68,590	2.21	0.38
Marketing Managers	40	$97,940	$119,890	0.78	0.31
Marriage and Family Therapists	50	$70,460	$69,120	0.89	2.07
Mechanical Engineers	70	$93,210	$96,730	1.25	0.66
Medical and Health Services Managers	260	$102,810	$116,330	4.87	1.27
Medical Assistants	180	$43,490	$43,220	3.44	0.65
Medical Records Specialists	60	$55,040	$56,010	1.21	0.96
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	190	$45,540	$45,240	3.55	0.57
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	40	$38,210	$43,010	0.72	0.68
Millwrights	30	$74,190	$70,690	0.57	2.21
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	760	$39,710	$43,580	14.07	1.56
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	90	$47,710	$50,890	1.72	2.81
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	80	$60,670	$58,340	1.40	1.23
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	30	$81,520	$85,840	0.63	0.31
Nurse Practitioners	70	$128,790	$135,650	1.25	0.60
Nursing Assistants	730	$45,340	$45,200	13.58	1.46
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	30	$88,000	$86,720	0.64	0.71
Occupational Therapists	40	$98,860	$95,310	0.68	0.65
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	40	$48,920	$50,070	0.77	0.62
Office Clerks, General	990	$45,930	$46,360	18.39	1.16
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	160	$55,750	$58,020	3.00	0.98
Opticians, Dispensing	40	$46,010	$43,250	0.66	1.39
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	470	$37,470	$40,590	8.72	3.58
Packers and Packagers, Hand	470	$37,510	$37,010	8.84	2.46
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	50	$49,460	$49,820	0.95	0.65
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	80	$40,010	$43,290	1.42	2.30
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	40	$59,490	$65,300	0.73	0.29
Parts Salespersons	140	$43,920	$43,640	2.65	1.53
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	50	$51,980	$52,860	1.00	1.01
Pharmacists	90	$144,750	$139,600	1.63	0.79
Pharmacy Technicians	130	$37,890	$44,530	2.48	0.82
Physical Therapist Assistants	40	$60,180	$61,830	0.72	1.00
Physical Therapists	70	$102,020	$101,240	1.33	0.78
Physician Assistants	90	$137,770	$141,960	1.74	1.67
Physicians, All Other	240	$290,120	$279,940	4.42	2.01
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	100	$62,660	$65,700	1.81	0.60
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	210	$79,430	$81,000	3.90	0.90
Postal Service Clerks	30	$61,050	$59,980	0.63	1.34
Postal Service Mail Carriers	140	$57,700	$60,720	2.64	1.25
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	70	$34,530	$35,860	1.34	0.43
Printing Press Operators	90	$47,380	$48,790	1.67	1.80
Procurement Clerks	40	$56,060	$55,670	0.82	2.28
Production Workers, All Other	120	$39,130	$45,750	2.17	1.34
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	110	$51,650	$58,250	1.98	0.79
Project Management Specialists	150	$88,010	$96,010	2.76	0.40
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	40	$63,540	$75,650	0.80	0.40
Protective Service Workers, All Other	60	$38,840	$44,640	1.21	2.30
Public Relations Specialists	60	$62,720	$67,990	1.16	0.64
Public Safety Telecommunicators	30	$53,350	$54,060	0.61	0.93
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	80	$77,830	$84,410	1.42	0.96
Real Estate Sales Agents	40	$52,720	$62,550	0.71	0.57
Receptionists and Information Clerks	250	$36,010	$35,920	4.68	0.80
Recreation Workers	80	$34,860	$35,580	1.55	0.73
Registered Nurses	1,300	$96,270	$99,410	24.17	1.11
Residential Advisors	40	$46,780	$45,220	0.76	1.39
Retail Salespersons	1,420	$32,960	$35,370	26.44	1.05
Sales Managers	110	$109,050	$120,660	2.09	0.51
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	160	$63,670	$71,410	2.94	0.36
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	390	$64,360	$79,040	7.34	0.92
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	620	$79,170	$76,510	11.59	1.69
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	630	$43,900	$44,550	11.82	1.08
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	50	$62,130	$84,480	0.91	0.29
Security Guards	130	$37,470	$38,740	2.40	0.29
Self-Enrichment Teachers	90	$32,270	$41,570	1.69	0.79
Sewing Machine Operators	30	$36,530	$36,190	0.64	0.94
Sheet Metal Workers	40	$59,510	$68,060	0.80	1.03
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	410	$44,830	$44,600	7.64	1.45
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	120	$38,050	$36,070	2.31	1.44
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	350	$36,420	$36,990	6.58	14.63
Social and Community Service Managers	60	$73,220	$78,300	1.20	0.89
Social and Human Service Assistants	90	$44,840	$44,360	1.72	0.61
Software Developers	90	$107,810	$123,670	1.73	0.16
Speech-Language Pathologists	40	$95,680	$93,390	0.80	0.68
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,890	$37,440	$38,680	35.13	1.93
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	40	$47,990	$50,270	0.66	1.96
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	200	$59,510	$61,820	3.80	1.20
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	240	$45,760	$45,740	4.39	1.30
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	410	$35,020	$34,680	7.64	0.84
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	50	$57,760	$64,320	0.96	1.06
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	40	$77,390	$78,420	0.83	1.32
Tellers	170	$38,360	$39,800	3.24	1.53
Tool and Die Makers	30	$61,570	$58,780	0.56	1.53
Training and Development Specialists	120	$55,040	$63,380	2.27	0.77
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	100	$96,030	$101,400	1.81	1.27
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	30	$37,110	$36,150	0.59	0.73
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	50	$39,010	$43,410	0.89	1.07
Waiters and Waitresses	690	$30,300	$36,240	12.79	0.88
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	40	$61,980	$59,970	0.74	0.89
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	250	$50,920	$53,300	4.65	1.74

Colleges in this area

4 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
Champ's Barber School-Lebanon	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	13
Empire Beauty School-Lebanon	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	49
Lebanon County Area Vocational Technical School	Public	Less than 2-year	—
Lebanon Valley College	Private nonprofit	4-year or above	2,146

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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