How much do Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys make in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA?

Percentile spread

For Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys, the published 10th percentile is $20,660 and the 90th percentile is $100,990. The difference is $80,330, which is 192.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $28,790 to the 75th at $62,030, covers $33,240.

The mean annual wage is $50,930, which sits above the median of $41,690. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA median is 11.9% lower than the national median of $47,340 for Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,261, which is 10.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 20% lower than the Pennsylvania median of $52,080.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA is 98.650, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $41,690 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys at $42,261 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys. Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA ranks 11th of 11 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• State College, PA is 58 miles away, with a median of $45,900 and employment of 40. That median is 10.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,436, against $42,261 here.
• Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 76 miles away, with a median of $71,350 and employment of 120. That median is 71.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,286, against $42,261 here.
• Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA is 91 miles away, with a median of $47,320 and employment of 40. That median is 13.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,579, against $42,261 here.

Employment share

Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA (40 of 335,010). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (21,240 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.87 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.