Computer Programmers · SOC 15-1251
Computer Programmers Salary in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Computer Programmers in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $75,980 per year ($36.53 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $55,590 at the 10th percentile to $124,380 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Computer Programmers in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area earn more than $75,980 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $60,570 and $86,760.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $55,590 | $60,570 | $75,980 | $86,760 | $124,380 |
| Hourly | $26.73 | $29.12 | $36.53 | $41.71 | $59.80 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$75,980 median for Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $60,570 to $86,760
- Pennsylvaniastate$89,180 median for Pennsylvania; middle half earns $76,230 to $109,740
- United Statesnational$100,390 median for United States; middle half earns $75,850 to $130,680
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −15% vs Pennsylvania overall and −24% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Pennsylvania
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for computer programmers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan areathis page$75,980 median for Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $60,570 to $86,760
- $101,420 median for Philadelphia metro area; middle half earns $80,660 to $134,710
- $98,690 median for Reading metro area; middle half earns $74,660 to $108,510
- $93,510 median for Allentown metro area; middle half earns $79,430 to $108,490
- $91,760 median for York metro area; middle half earns $75,870 to $99,040
- $88,180 median for Scranton metro area; middle half earns $73,340 to $100,590
- $87,610 median for State College metro area; middle half earns $64,560 to $92,960
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for computer programmerss · Highest-paying occupations in Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.