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title: "Average Salary in Pittsburgh, PA"
description: "Mean $65,230, median $49,650 in the Pittsburgh metro area (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices and top jobs."
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last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh, PA metropolitan statistical area. Mean annual wage $65,230, median $49,650 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025, 1,114,490 jobs. Median at national-average prices: $52,440.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $28,500 |
| 25th | $36,630 |
| 50th | $49,650 |
| 75th | $77,830 |
| 90th | $115,400 |

| Price level (BEA RPP 2024, US = 100) | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 94.7 |
| Housing (rents) | 72.0 |
| Goods | 100.7 |
| Utilities | 107.7 |
| Other services | 97.7 |

## Highest-paying jobs (mean annual wage)

- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $229,960
- [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general): $228,530
- [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist): $221,730
- [Physicist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/physicist): $211,220
- [Podiatrist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/podiatrist): $194,960
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $165,420
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $164,690
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $163,200
- [Compensation and Benefits Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/compensation-and-benefits-manager): $161,350
- [Lawyer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lawyer): $159,760

Occupation pay is the OEWS May 2025 metro mean as published in the DOL OFLC 2026–27 wage file (metro-level estimates only).

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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