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Personal Service Managers, All Other pay in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Personal Service Managers, All Other is $72,640 per year in Pennsylvania. It is $104,860 per year in Wisconsin. Pennsylvania is 30.7% below Wisconsin on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-9179 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 280 wage and salary jobs in Pennsylvania and 60 in Wisconsin. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings