How much do Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators make in Johnstown, PA?

Percentile spread

For Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators, the published 10th percentile is $38,650 and the 90th percentile is $71,070. The difference is $32,420, which is 53.6% 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 $48,590 to the 75th at $67,460, covers $18,870.

The mean annual wage is $57,790, which sits below the median of $60,500. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Johnstown, PA median is 0.8% higher than the national median of $60,020 for Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $70,407, which is 17.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.4% lower than the Pennsylvania median of $63,310.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Johnstown, PA is 85.929, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $60,500 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators at $70,407 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

36 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators. Johnstown, PA ranks 22nd of 37 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).).

• Altoona, PA is 21 miles away, with a median of $65,110 and employment of 70. That median is 7.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,743, against $70,407 here.
• State College, PA is 53 miles away, with a median of $59,990 and employment of 110. That median is 0.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,997, against $70,407 here.
• Pittsburgh, PA is 61 miles away, with a median of $65,480 and employment of 1,020. That median is 8.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,166, against $70,407 here.

Employment share

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators accounts for 0.15% of wage-and-salary employment in Johnstown, PA (70 of 47,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (128,490 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.77 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.