Substitute Teachers, Short-Term
York-Hanover, PA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 410.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in York earn more.
$43,110 in York buys what $44,900 buys across the country as a whole.
York's regional price parity is 96.0 — 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. York |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erie | $49,580 | $54,500 | 91.0 | +21.4% |
| Reading | $46,310 | $47,700 | 97.1 | +6.2% |
| Lebanon | $45,760 | $49,100 | 93.2 | +9.3% |
| Philadelphia | $45,680 | $44,500 | 102.6 | −0.8% |
| Harrisburg | $43,350 | $43,900 | 98.7 | −2.1% |
| York This page | $43,110 | $44,900 | 96.0 | — |
| Altoona | $42,060 | $47,000 | 89.5 | +4.6% |
| Pittsburgh | $41,820 | $44,200 | 94.7 | −1.6% |
Price parity and difference against York are in the full table on wider screens.
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.
- Employment
- 410 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 25-3031, Substitute Teachers, Short-Term. Mapped to our taxonomy as substitute-teachers-short-term.
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