Median Household Income
and Median Earnings by Educational Attainment
Median Earnings by Educational Attainment
Small Area Income and
Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)
Median Household Less Than High High School Some College or Graduate or
County Income 2005 Total School Graduate or GED Associate's Degree Bachelor's Degree Professional Degree
Pennsylvania $44,545 $32,931 $19,337 $26,951 $32,571 $45,539 $60,386
Adams (Rural) $47,016 $31,714 $23,482 $29,001 $35,236 $38,615 $55,565
Allegheny (Urban) $41,602 $34,085 $18,885 $25,000 $31,211 $44,402 $56,931
Armstrong (Rural-Mix) $35,501 $26,842 $10,026 $24,185 $27,387 $37,110 $42,583
Beaver (Urban-Mix) $41,224 $30,563 $16,075 $25,081 $32,162 $39,631 $50,542
Bedford (Rural) $36,895
Berks (Urban-Mix) $50,570 $33,381 $19,746 $30,500 $35,830 $45,534 $56,304
Blair (Urban-Mix) $34,545 $29,331 $11,595 $27,186 $27,887 $41,694 $54,005
Bradford (Rural) $37,048
Bucks (Urban) $64,573 $41,571 $17,203 $33,221 $39,426 $53,960 $72,287
Butler (Rural-Mix) $48,354 $34,282 $16,348 $27,188 $31,386 $48,754 $67,280
Cambria (Rural-Mix) $34,258 $26,612 $17,617 $22,740 $30,356 $37,328 $48,855
Cameron (Rural) $33,572
Carbon (Rural-Mix) $44,265
Centre (Urban-Mix) $39,036 $30,107 $22,392 $26,228 $29,248 $32,601 $42,673
Chester (Urban) $72,753 $49,563 $23,413 $31,137 $42,682 $59,797 $83,388
Clarion (Rural) $34,772
Clearfield (Rural) $32,951
Clinton (Rural) $36,454
Columbia (Rural) $36,232 $28,827 $20,615 $25,936 $29,947 $43,254 $51,528
Crawford (Rural) $35,888 $26,243 $20,827 $24,066 $28,815 $27,694 $47,805
Cumberland (Urban-Mix) $54,951 $35,629 $21,514 $30,547 $32,098 $44,877 $57,376
Dauphin (Urban) $48,385 $34,653 $17,466 $29,134 $34,329 $46,200 $61,043
Delaware (Urban) $55,372 $39,666 $20,015 $29,991 $36,838 $52,363 $62,025
Elk (Rural) $40,884
Erie (Urban-Mix) $40,069 $30,185 $14,811 $24,953 $29,625 $36,126 $51,862
Fayette (Rural-Mix) $31,153 $25,261 $11,552 $24,096 $26,360 $35,370 $39,073
Forest (Rural) $30,554
Franklin (Rural-Mix) $45,323 $30,507 $23,270 $27,841 $30,925 $44,621 $56,083
Fulton (Rural) $40,861
Greene (Rural) $32,541
Huntingdon (Rural) $36,848
Indiana (Rural) $32,898 $26,761 $19,086 $22,018 $30,363 $38,923 $47,563
Jefferson (Rural) $34,282
Juniata (Rural) $40,525
Lackawanna (Urban) $37,317 $30,226 $14,982 $25,192 $30,654 $38,337 $50,559
Lancaster (Urban-Mix) $49,412 $32,562 $23,788 $29,991 $33,182 $41,763 $51,181
Lawrence (Rural-Mix) $39,112 $28,376 $11,708 $22,000 $32,031 $40,435 $57,875
Lebanon (Urban-Mix) $46,984 $31,367 $19,884 $29,367 $32,574 $39,683 $65,875
Lehigh (Urban) $48,725 $34,391 $19,253 $27,451 $32,964 $47,394 $65,075
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children • www.papartnerships.org
Median Household Income
and Median Earnings by Educational Attainment
Median Earnings by Educational Attainment
Small Area Income and
Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)
Median Household Less Than High High School Some College or Graduate or
County Income 2005 Total School Graduate or GED Associate's Degree Bachelor's Degree Professional Degree
Pennsylvania $44,545 $32,931 $19,337 $26,951 $32,571 $45,539 $60,386
Luzerne (Urban) $37,295 $29,627 $16,850 $25,508 $31,066 $40,333 $54,536
Lycoming (Rural-Mix) $38,243 $27,958 $17,703 $22,795 $31,817 $37,309 $60,901
McKean (Rural) $36,476
Mercer (Rural-Mix) $38,543 $26,429 $25,139 $21,867 $27,166 $36,425 $50,395
Mifflin (Rural) $32,501
Monroe (Rural) $51,936 $35,135 $25,013 $30,267 $36,114 $45,620 $53,336
Montgomery (Urban) $68,167 $43,124 $21,852 $30,905 $39,208 $55,115 $75,660
Montour (Rural) $46,396
Northampton (Urban) $53,147 $34,384 $17,608 $31,000 $33,485 $45,870 $58,282
Northumberland (Rural) $35,876 $26,225 $16,660 $21,941 $28,741 $38,592 $48,868
Perry (Rural-Mix) $46,741
Philadelphia (Urban) $32,671 $31,056 $19,172 $25,647 $32,067 $41,859 $53,826
Pike (Rural) $49,967
Potter (Rural) $33,988
Schuylkill (Rural-Mix) $35,777 $30,737 $15,832 $27,066 $31,618 $39,209 $58,393
Snyder (Rural) $41,911
Somerset (Rural-Mix) $33,665 $24,336 $15,752 $22,410 $23,765 $33,851 $52,578
Sullivan (Rural) $33,834
Susquehanna (Rural-Mix) $35,734
Tioga (Rural) $35,714
Union (Rural) $42,589
Venango (Rural) $35,444
Warren (Rural) $37,970
Washington (Urban-Mix) $44,317 $33,224 $15,140 $28,217 $31,851 $43,138 $57,375
Wayne (Rural-Mix) $38,432
Westmoreland (Urban-Mix) $43,056 $31,869 $17,866 $25,267 $31,217 $42,437 $61,005
Wyoming (Rural-Mix) $39,809
York (Urban-Mix) $49,021 $35,258 $20,002 $31,056 $35,988 $46,994 $58,280
Source: U. S. Bureau of the Census, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for Median Household Income
U. S. Bureau of the Census, American Community Survey for Median Earnings by Educational Attainment
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children • www.papartnerships.org