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Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

Erie, PA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 110.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 25-1071
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

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$97,500 · 50th
$54,08010th
$79,22025th
$97,50050th
$125,11075th
$154,64090th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in Erie earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$97,500 in Erie buys what $107,200 buys across the country as a whole.

Erie's regional price parity is 91.0 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Pennsylvania

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Erie
Harrisburg$131,040$132,80098.7+23.9%
Philadelphia$108,150$105,500102.6−1.6%
Pittsburgh$100,880$106,60094.7−0.6%
Allentown$97,720$97,800100.0−8.8%
Erie This page$97,500$107,20091.0
Scranton$90,070$96,30093.6−10.2%
Reading$83,970$86,50097.1−19.3%

Price parity and difference against Erie are in the full table on wider screens.

Fig. 2 — Five-year trend

Nominal against real

The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.

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Nominal, as published Real, in 2025 dollars US$ thousands

Published pay fell 2.9% over the four years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it fell 11.7% — prices rose faster than pay since 2022. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Price parity
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Inflation
Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
Employment
110 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 25-1071, Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary. Mapped to our taxonomy as health-specialties-teachers-postsecondary.

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