average salaries in pennsylvania
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released salary information that indicated the salary levels of elementary, middle school, and secondary teachers across Pennsylvania. As of May 2010, all three earned average salaries between $53,000 per year and $59,000 per year. Substitute teachers earn a prorated salary based on the salaries paid to full-time teachers by a district. The Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) reported that substitutes in Pennsylvania earned daily wages ranging from $70 to $155 during the 2010-2011 school year.
Nationally, according to Salary.com, uniformed patrol officers earn a median annual salary of $52,587 nationally. There were 27,250 police and sheriff's patrol officers working in the state of Pennsylvania in 2013, earning an annual average salary of $61,200, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That translates to a mean hourly wage of $21.42.