How much do Social and Human Service Assistants make in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA?

Percentile spread

For Social and Human Service Assistants, the published 10th percentile is $27,920 and the 90th percentile is $56,410. The difference is $28,490, which is 67.9% 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 $35,490 to the 75th at $47,480, covers $11,990.

The mean annual wage is $42,240, which sits above the median of $41,980. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA median is 8.6% lower than the national median of $45,930 for Social and Human Service Assistants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,554, which is 7.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.7% lower than the Pennsylvania median of $44,050.

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 $41,980 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Social and Human Service Assistants at $42,554 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

37 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Social and Human Service Assistants. Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA ranks 26th of 38 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).).

• Lebanon, PA is 31 miles away, with a median of $44,840 and employment of 90. That median is 6.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,104, against $42,554 here.
• York-Hanover, PA is 33 miles away, with a median of $41,580 and employment of 450. That median is 1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,313, against $42,554 here.
• Gettysburg, PA is 33 miles away, with a median of $38,730 and employment of 80. That median is 7.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,606, against $42,554 here.

Employment share

Social and Human Service Assistants accounts for 0.33% of wage-and-salary employment in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA (1,100 of 335,010). Nationally the occupation is 0.28% of employment (437,860 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.17 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.