Stockers and Order Fillers
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 8,240.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Harrisburg earn more.
$36,790 in Harrisburg buys what $37,300 buys across the country as a whole.
Harrisburg's regional price parity is 98.7 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Pennsylvania
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Harrisburg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambersburg | $42,990 | $45,400 | 94.6 | +21.8% |
| Allentown | $38,950 | $39,000 | 100.0 | +4.5% |
| Reading | $37,990 | $39,100 | 97.1 | +5.0% |
| Lebanon | $37,440 | $40,200 | 93.2 | +7.7% |
| Scranton | $37,410 | $40,000 | 93.6 | +7.2% |
| York | $37,030 | $38,600 | 96.0 | +3.4% |
| Philadelphia | $36,800 | $35,900 | 102.6 | −3.8% |
| Harrisburg This page | $36,790 | $37,300 | 98.7 | — |
Price parity and difference against Harrisburg are in the full table on wider screens.
Nominal against real
The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.
Published pay rose 22.2% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it still rose 2.8% — pay has outrun prices since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.
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
- 8,240 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 53-7065, Stockers and Order Fillers. Mapped to our taxonomy as stockers-and-order-fillers.
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