Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Gettysburg, PA

Table 1 compares the top 100 highest-paying jobs in Gettysburg, PA, ranked by annual average salary. For each job, the table displays the number of employees with that job, as well as the job's entry-level salary. (The entry-level salary is calculated based on the 10% of paid workers with the lowest salaries.)

Based on the table, we see that the highest-paying jobs in Gettysburg, PA are those of family medicine physician, with an average annual salary of $209,050. The second highest-paying jobs are those of chief executive, with an average salary of $173,760.

All of the shown salary and employment information for Gettysburg, PA has been computed using data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2023. Notably, the highest-paying occupations change from year to year. Tables 2, 3, and 4 show the top 10 highest-paying occupations in Gettysburg, PA in 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Table 1. Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Gettysburg, PA (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	No. of Empl i
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$209,050	$86,440	50
2	Chief Executives	$173,760	$59,000	40
3	Pharmacists	$130,070	$92,820	40
4	Financial Managers	$124,610	$77,170	90
5	All Other Managers	$124,610	$72,610	50
6	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$122,470	$72,400	40
7	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$121,060	$86,690	40
8	Sales Managers	$113,800	$62,180	60
9	Nurse Practitioners	$103,600	$86,160	40
10	Medical and Health Services Managers	$100,720	$66,390	60
11	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$100,660	$64,250	60
12	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$99,900	$73,430	60
13	Physician Assistants	$99,810	$97,470	30
14	Industrial Production Managers	$97,340	$69,440	90
15	Facilities Managers	$96,150	$63,850	40
16	Physical Therapists	$93,110	$73,160	40
17	Computer Occupations, All Other	$92,810	$61,940	90
18	General and Operations Managers	$92,190	$42,990	690
19	Management Analysts	$91,260	$53,750	50
20	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$91,060	$45,760	210
21	Lawyers	$83,070	$51,510	50
22	Other Business Operations Specialists	$82,270	$39,850	110
23	Occupational Therapists	$78,950	$54,060	30
24	Mechanical Engineers	$78,550	$54,230	50
25	Computer Systems Analysts	$78,470	$42,320	60
26	Project Management Specialists	$78,290	$50,110	60
27	Dental Hygienists	$78,000	$60,870	40
28	Speech-Language Pathologists	$77,770	$54,830	40
29	Industrial Engineers	$77,040	$55,860	70
30	Logisticians	$76,590	$54,960	40
31	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$75,860	$49,140	370
32	Administrative Services Managers	$75,770	$40,290	40
33	Registered Nurses	$75,560	$58,740	530
34	Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	$74,770	$37,520	50
35	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$74,540	$48,520	430
36	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	$70,240	$44,270	170
37	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	$68,300	$40,520	280
38	Cost Estimators	$66,420	$48,800	60
39	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$64,520	$46,640	30
40	Accountants and Auditors	$62,280	$40,680	220
41	Secondary School Special Education Teachers	$62,040	$46,650	110
42	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$61,790	$48,620	180
43	Compliance Officers	$61,610	$39,900	30
44	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$61,110	$44,120	270
45	Food Service Managers	$60,670	$44,160	60
46	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	$59,860	$43,720	220
47	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	$59,540	$37,510	80
48	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$57,120	$38,140	340
49	Human Resources Specialists	$56,190	$37,380	130
50	Coaches and Scouts	$56,030	$17,790	60
51	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$55,280	$39,130	40
52	Graphic Designers	$54,280	$33,780	40
53	Electricians	$54,010	$36,350	100
54	Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	$52,780	$33,610	40
55	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$52,050	$35,550	50
56	Postal Service Mail Carriers	$51,710	$39,640	100
57	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	$51,380	$36,370	60
58	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	$50,980	$37,390	140
59	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$50,830	$46,670	30
60	Chefs and Head Cooks	$50,720	$37,630	40
61	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$50,660	$37,670	180
62	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	$50,440	$47,830	200
63	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$50,110	$26,730	100
64	Computer User Support Specialists	$50,050	$31,930	80
65	Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$49,610	$36,390	100
66	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$49,070	$23,050	120
67	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$49,050	$33,100	100
68	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$48,090	$27,890	40
69	Highway Maintenance Workers	$48,040	$29,170	100
70	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$47,950	$36,040	550
71	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$47,840	$37,970	70
72	Printing Press Operators	$47,510	$36,560	180
73	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$47,410	$30,800	60
74	Carpenters	$47,150	$36,300	130
75	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,080	$40,310	110
76	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,890	$37,160	250
77	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$46,490	$35,960	50
78	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$46,470	$40,610	60
79	Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$46,420	$31,310	50
80	Other Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	$46,040	$31,030	40
81	Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$45,710	$33,000	60
82	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$44,990	$27,660	460
83	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$44,830	$33,850	420
84	Billing and Posting Clerks	$43,720	$31,350	60
85	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$43,580	$27,260	260
86	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	$43,310	$29,050	50
87	Medical Records Specialists	$43,110	$33,820	40
88	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$42,700	$32,260	40
89	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$42,690	$27,340	40
90	Construction Laborers	$42,540	$32,600	270
91	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$42,490	$28,100	240
92	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$42,390	$37,760	80
93	Protective Service Workers, All Other	$40,870	$28,970	40
94	All Occupations	$40,450	$23,220	32,330
95	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$40,230	$29,410	470
96	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$40,220	$30,530	180
97	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$40,060	$27,670	280
98	Real Estate Sales Agents	$40,000	$30,250	40
99	Machinists	$40,000	$32,680	120
100	Insurance Sales Agents	$39,290	$35,360	60

Table 2. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Gettysburg, PA – 2021 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$165,200
2	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$127,000
3	Financial Managers	$125,790
4	Pharmacists	$124,780
5	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$118,870
6	Sales Managers	$103,620
7	Nurse Practitioners	$100,230
8	Physician Assistants	$100,230
9	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$99,690
10	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$98,880

Table 3. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Gettysburg, PA – 2020 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$157,220
2	Sales Managers	$132,810
3	Pharmacists	$122,970
4	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$122,130
5	Nurse Practitioners	$110,530
6	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$104,000
7	General and Operations Managers	$102,350
8	Management Occupations	$96,080
9	Physician Assistants	$95,720
10	Financial Managers	$94,960

Table 4. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Gettysburg, PA – 2019 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	All Other Physicians; and Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$150,630
2	Sales Managers	$125,580
3	Pharmacists	$118,730
4	Nurse Practitioners	$112,360
5	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$107,020
6	Physical Therapists	$103,070
7	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$99,560
8	Administrative Services and Facilities Managers	$97,860
9	General and Operations Managers	$95,980
10	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$94,890

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