Gettysburg, PA

Across all occupations in the Gettysburg, PA metropolitan area, the median wage is $46,610 a year ($22.41 an hour) and the mean $56,630, May 2025. That median is −9% against the US median of $50,980 and −6% against Pennsylvania's $49,690. BLS counts 31,940 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is chief executives; the largest is fast food and counter workers.

All occupations: Gettysburg, PA vs Pennsylvania and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Gettysburg, PA area, Pennsylvania and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Gettysburg, PA	Hourly	$13.43	$17.03	$22.41	$30.92	$46.35	$27.23	31,940
Gettysburg, PA	Annual	$27,930	$35,420	$46,610	$64,310	$96,410	$56,630	31,940
Pennsylvania	Hourly	$13.91	$17.64	$23.89	$37.63	$56.66	$31.60	6,064,600
Pennsylvania	Annual	$28,920	$36,690	$49,690	$78,270	$117,860	$65,730	6,064,600
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

179 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Pennsylvania. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Gettysburg, PA

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Chief Executives	$180,910	$86.98	30
2	Managers, All Other in Pennsylvania	$136,730	$65.74	70
3	Nurse Practitioners	$132,510	$63.71	50
4	Pharmacists	$131,450	$63.20	40
5	Veterinarians	$130,410	$62.70	30
6	Human Resources Managers	$128,430	$61.75	30
7	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Pennsylvania	$128,370	$61.72	50
8	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$128,210	$61.64	60
9	Physician Assistants	$124,520	$59.87	30
10	Sales Managers in Pennsylvania	$118,460	$56.95	80
11	Financial Managers in Pennsylvania	$117,740	$56.61	110
12	Management Analysts in Pennsylvania	$114,920	$55.25	60
13	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$110,250	*	100
14	Computer Occupations, All Other	$109,970	$52.87	110
15	Occupational Therapists	$107,880	$51.87	30
16	Industrial Production Managers	$105,000	$50.48	110
17	Speech-Language Pathologists	$104,280	$50.13	50
18	Physical Therapists	$103,890	$49.95	40
19	Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Pennsylvania	$101,500	$48.80	110
20	Lawyers in Pennsylvania	$101,030	$48.57	60

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Gettysburg, PA

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Pennsylvania	920	28.78	1.16	$27,590
2	General and Operations Managers in Pennsylvania	890	27.93	1.24	$87,990
3	Retail Salespersons in Pennsylvania	860	26.87	1.07	$28,500
4	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Pennsylvania	790	24.71	1.30	$38,390
5	Cashiers in Pennsylvania	680	21.44	1.08	$28,500
6	Waiters and Waitresses in Pennsylvania	660	20.70	1.42	$31,390
7	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Pennsylvania	590	18.33	1.38	$54,820
8	Office Clerks, General in Pennsylvania	550	17.37	1.10	$41,600
9	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Pennsylvania	530	16.66	2.43	$77,150
10	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	510	15.93	6.53	$46,020
11	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Pennsylvania	490	15.36	1.40	$43,410
11	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Pennsylvania	490	15.36	1.70	$43,440
13	Registered Nurses in Pennsylvania	480	15.00	0.69	$88,260
14	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Pennsylvania	450	14.10	1.43	$50,720
15	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Pennsylvania	440	13.63	0.96	$35,410
16	Cooks, Restaurant in Pennsylvania	400	12.63	1.39	$35,350
17	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Pennsylvania	380	11.83	1.33	$75,450
17	Stockers and Order Fillers in Pennsylvania	380	12.01	0.66	$35,740
19	Nursing Assistants in Pennsylvania	370	11.58	1.24	$42,520
20	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Pennsylvania	350	10.83	0.39	$34,240

Most concentrated occupations in Gettysburg, PA

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	11.91	240	7.36	$49,660
2	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	11.41	110	3.30	$54,100
3	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	6.53	510	15.93	$46,020
4	Helpers--Production Workers	4.12	140	4.39	$37,540
5	Food Batchmakers	3.79	140	4.25	$46,440
6	Highway Maintenance Workers	3.16	100	3.15	$47,040
7	Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	3.09	100	3.25	$98,860
8	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	3.05	160	5.13	$29,990
9	Physicians, All Other	2.58	180	5.68	*
10	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Pennsylvania	2.43	530	16.66	$77,150

Occupation groups in Gettysburg, PA

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$96,140	$109,870	2,130	66.84	0.93
Computer and Mathematical	$85,920	$89,710	400	12.60	0.37
Legal	$81,550	$100,660	100	3.23	0.38
Architecture and Engineering	$79,650	$87,140	220	6.85	0.41
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$77,620	$98,400	1,840	57.76	0.91
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$75,610	$83,170	170	5.28	0.56
Business and Financial Operations	$70,070	$78,470	1,180	36.85	0.54
Educational Instruction and Library	$67,350	$68,940	2,170	67.80	1.16
Protective Service	$59,120	$67,640	690	21.48	0.88
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$57,600	$57,600	1,520	47.44	1.21
Construction and Extraction	$52,010	$56,860	1,250	39.23	0.95
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$50,850	$62,990	320	10.12	0.77
Community and Social Service	$50,510	$56,540	570	17.88	1.04
Production	$47,070	$48,260	4,070	127.56	2.32
Office and Administrative Support	$43,920	$46,280	3,250	101.87	0.89
Transportation and Material Moving	$42,650	$44,030	3,080	96.33	1.10
Healthcare Support	$39,170	$40,710	1,090	34.16	0.67
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$37,650	$44,200	200	6.19	2.21
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$34,850	$36,210	1,050	32.98	1.13
Personal Care and Service	$31,550	$36,410	700	21.94	1.05
Sales and Related	$31,110	$41,320	2,490	77.85	0.90
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$29,370	$32,460	3,440	107.80	1.23

Every occupation in Pennsylvania, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 179 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Gettysburg, PA estimates (area 23900).

*: Wage estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Gettysburg, PA area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.