How much do dishwashers make in Pittsburgh, PA?

What the Dishwashers median says in Pittsburgh, PA

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Dishwashers median in Pittsburgh, PA at $30,000 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 35-9021 and BLS area 38300.

BLS lists 4,280 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $30,250 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Pittsburgh, PA's Dishwashers median is 13.8% below the U.S. Dishwashers median of $34,810 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 35-9021 with area 38300

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 35-9021 and area 38300. SOC 35-9021 names Dishwashers. Area 38300 names Pittsburgh, PA. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 35-9021/38300 row has 4,280 wage and salary jobs. There are 3.84 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1.25. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 35-9021/38300, the annual median is $30,000 per year, while the matching mean is $30,250 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 35-9021/38300 10th percentile: $21,080 per year.
• 35-9021/38300 25th percentile: $27,650 per year.
• 35-9021/38300 median: $30,000 per year.
• 35-9021/38300 75th percentile: $35,030 per year.
• 35-9021/38300 90th percentile: $37,110 per year.
• 35-9021/38300 employment RSE: 12.1%. Mean-wage RSE: 3.2%.
• 35-9021/38300 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 38300 facts behind this Dishwashers page

Area 38300 reports 1,114,490 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $65,230. Its annual median is $49,650. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 35-9021 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Pittsburgh, PA runs from $28,500 at the 10th percentile to $115,400 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $36,630. The median is $49,650. The 75th percentile is $77,830. This is a place check, not a pay range for Dishwashers.

The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 38300. They do not show related skills or a path into Dishwashers.

• 1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Area: 38300. SOC: 31-1120. Jobs: 37,200. Yearly median: $29,250. Jobs per 1,000: 33.38. Location quotient: 1.21.
• 2. General and Operations Managers. Area: 38300. SOC: 11-1021. Jobs: 31,020. Yearly median: $100,840. Jobs per 1,000: 27.83. Location quotient: 1.24.
• 3. Registered Nurses. Area: 38300. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 29,360. Yearly median: $82,370. Jobs per 1,000: 26.35. Location quotient: 1.21.
• 4. Retail Salespersons. Area: 38300. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 28,700. Yearly median: $30,840. Jobs per 1,000: 25.75. Location quotient: 1.03.
• 5. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 38300. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 27,460. Yearly median: $28,250. Jobs per 1,000: 24.64. Location quotient: 0.99.
• 6. Cashiers. Area: 38300. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 20,950. Yearly median: $29,470. Jobs per 1,000: 18.8. Location quotient: 0.95.

Read the Pittsburgh, PA wage ladder for Dishwashers

The 10th percentile is $21,080 per year. The 25th percentile is $27,650 per year. The median is $30,000 per year. The 75th percentile is $35,030 per year. The 90th percentile is $37,110 per year.

A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.

The middle half runs from $27,650 per year to $35,030 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $16,030. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Pittsburgh, PA with its state and the U.S.

Pittsburgh, PA has a annual median of $30,000 per year. Pennsylvania has $29,950 per year. The U.S. row has $34,810 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Pittsburgh, PA is 0.2% above Pennsylvania on the same published median. Pittsburgh, PA is 13.8% below the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.

The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.

Where Pittsburgh, PA sits for Dishwashers

Pittsburgh, PA ranks 192 of 390 among metro areas with a published annual median for Dishwashers. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 192 of 390 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 189. Odessa, TX. The Dishwashers median is $30,060 per year. BLS estimates 210 jobs. The location quotient is 0.86.
• 190. Tallahassee, FL. The Dishwashers median is $30,040 per year. BLS estimates 590 jobs. The location quotient is 1.03.
• 191. Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL. The Dishwashers median is $30,010 per year. BLS estimates 470 jobs. The location quotient is 1.67.
• 193. Kenosha, WI. The Dishwashers median is $29,960 per year. BLS estimates 210 jobs. The location quotient is 0.93.
• 194. Elkhart-Goshen, IN. The Dishwashers median is $29,900 per year. BLS estimates 140 jobs. The location quotient is 0.36.
• 195. Wilmington, NC. The Dishwashers median is $29,870 per year. BLS estimates 770 jobs. The location quotient is 1.3.

Where Dishwashers medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 35-9021, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has the highest published median in this set, at $45,930 per year. Pittsburgh, PA sits at $30,000 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Dishwashers is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.

Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has a Dishwashers median of $45,930 per year, or $15,930 above Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 800 jobs there, compared with 4,280 in Pittsburgh, PA. The location quotient is 3.54.
• 2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Dishwashers median of $43,960 per year, or $13,960 above Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 3,940 jobs there, compared with 4,280 in Pittsburgh, PA. The location quotient is 1.13.
• 3. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Dishwashers median of $42,750 per year, or $12,750 above Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 7,910 jobs there, compared with 4,280 in Pittsburgh, PA. The location quotient is 1.24.
• 4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Dishwashers median of $42,100 per year, or $12,100 above Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 9,530 jobs there, compared with 4,280 in Pittsburgh, PA. The location quotient is 1.31.
• 5. Napa, CA has a Dishwashers median of $39,930 per year, or $9,930 above Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 590 jobs there, compared with 4,280 in Pittsburgh, PA. The location quotient is 2.45.
• 6. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA has a Dishwashers median of $38,910 per year, or $8,910 above Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 340 jobs there, compared with 4,280 in Pittsburgh, PA. The location quotient is 1.19.
• 7. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA has a Dishwashers median of $38,810 per year, or $8,810 above Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 1,160 jobs there, compared with 4,280 in Pittsburgh, PA. The location quotient is 1.84.
• 8. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO has a Dishwashers median of $38,710 per year, or $8,710 above Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 4,530 jobs there, compared with 4,280 in Pittsburgh, PA. The location quotient is 0.92.

Where BLS counts the most Dishwashers jobs

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has the largest published metro job estimate for Dishwashers in this same-source set, at 27,520 jobs. Pittsburgh, PA has 4,280. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.

A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.

Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.

• 1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 27,520 estimated Dishwashers jobs, a gap of 23,240 jobs from Pittsburgh, PA. Its median is $37,580 per year, or $7,580 above Pittsburgh, PA. Its location quotient is 1.43.
• 2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 25,580 estimated Dishwashers jobs, a gap of 21,300 jobs from Pittsburgh, PA. Its median is $35,670 per year, or $5,670 above Pittsburgh, PA. Its location quotient is 0.88.
• 3. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 12,240 estimated Dishwashers jobs, a gap of 7,960 jobs from Pittsburgh, PA. Its median is $31,480 per year, or $1,480 above Pittsburgh, PA. Its location quotient is 1.41.
• 4. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 11,910 estimated Dishwashers jobs, a gap of 7,630 jobs from Pittsburgh, PA. Its median is $36,850 per year, or $6,850 above Pittsburgh, PA. Its location quotient is 0.86.
• 5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has 11,690 estimated Dishwashers jobs, a gap of 7,410 jobs from Pittsburgh, PA. Its median is $37,010 per year, or $7,010 above Pittsburgh, PA. Its location quotient is 1.21.
• 6. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH has 10,540 estimated Dishwashers jobs, a gap of 6,260 jobs from Pittsburgh, PA. Its median is $37,750 per year, or $7,750 above Pittsburgh, PA. Its location quotient is 1.27.
• 7. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 9,930 estimated Dishwashers jobs, a gap of 5,650 jobs from Pittsburgh, PA. Its median is $31,200 per year, or $1,200 above Pittsburgh, PA. Its location quotient is 0.8.
• 8. Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV has 9,610 estimated Dishwashers jobs, a gap of 5,330 jobs from Pittsburgh, PA. Its median is $35,630 per year, or $5,630 above Pittsburgh, PA. Its location quotient is 2.75.

Where Dishwashers takes the largest share of local jobs

Kahului-Wailuku, HI has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 3.54. Pittsburgh, PA has 1.25. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Dishwashers is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has a location quotient of 3.54, a gap of 2.29 from Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 800 Dishwashers jobs and a median of $45,930 per year, or $15,930 above Pittsburgh, PA.
• 2. Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV has a location quotient of 2.75, a gap of 1.50 from Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 9,610 Dishwashers jobs and a median of $35,630 per year, or $5,630 above Pittsburgh, PA.
• 3. Naples-Marco Island, FL has a location quotient of 2.5, a gap of 1.25 from Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 1,340 Dishwashers jobs and a median of $34,980 per year, or $4,980 above Pittsburgh, PA.
• 4. Napa, CA has a location quotient of 2.45, a gap of 1.20 from Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 590 Dishwashers jobs and a median of $39,930 per year, or $9,930 above Pittsburgh, PA.
• 5. Barnstable Town, MA has a location quotient of 2.42, a gap of 1.17 from Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 700 Dishwashers jobs and a median of $37,030 per year, or $7,030 above Pittsburgh, PA.
• 6. San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA has a location quotient of 2.27, a gap of 1.02 from Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 850 Dishwashers jobs and a median of $36,760 per year, or $6,760 above Pittsburgh, PA.
• 7. Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC has a location quotient of 2.14, a gap of 0.89 from Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 960 Dishwashers jobs and a median of $28,610 per year, or $1,390 below Pittsburgh, PA.
• 8. Urban Honolulu, HI has a location quotient of 2.05, a gap of 0.80 from Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 2,810 Dishwashers jobs and a median of $36,400 per year, or $6,400 above Pittsburgh, PA.

How common Dishwashers is in Pittsburgh, PA

BLS lists 4,280 Dishwashers jobs in Pittsburgh, PA. It also lists 3.84 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.

The location quotient is 1.25. A value of 1 means Dishwashers has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.

Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.

Dishwashers beside other roles in Pittsburgh, PA

The all-occupations median in Pittsburgh, PA is $49,650 per year. The Dishwashers median is $30,000 per year. Dishwashers is 39.6% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Pittsburgh, PA. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Dishwashers. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Bartenders, SOC 35-3011, has a Pittsburgh, PA median of $29,750 per year. BLS lists 8,370 jobs and a location quotient of 1.54.
• 2. Cashiers, SOC 41-2011, has a Pittsburgh, PA median of $29,470 per year. BLS lists 20,950 jobs and a location quotient of 0.95.
• 3. Home Health and Personal Care Aides, SOC 31-1120, has a Pittsburgh, PA median of $29,250 per year. BLS lists 37,200 jobs and a location quotient of 1.21.
• 4. Retail Salespersons, SOC 41-2031, has a Pittsburgh, PA median of $30,840 per year. BLS lists 28,700 jobs and a location quotient of 1.03.
• 5. Fast Food and Counter Workers, SOC 35-3023, has a Pittsburgh, PA median of $28,250 per year. BLS lists 27,460 jobs and a location quotient of 0.99.
• 6. Waiters and Waitresses, SOC 35-3031, has a Pittsburgh, PA median of $35,470 per year. BLS lists 16,120 jobs and a location quotient of 0.99.
• 7. Security Guards, SOC 33-9032, has a Pittsburgh, PA median of $35,850 per year. BLS lists 9,250 jobs and a location quotient of 1.01.
• 8. Stockers and Order Fillers, SOC 53-7065, has a Pittsburgh, PA median of $35,900 per year. BLS lists 18,060 jobs and a location quotient of 0.89.

The largest detailed roles in Pittsburgh, PA

Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Pittsburgh, PA table, at 37,200 jobs. Dishwashers has 4,280 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.

The all-occupations job count is 1,114,490. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.

A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Dishwashers's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 37,200 jobs in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 32,920 from Dishwashers. Its median is $29,250 per year, or $750 below Dishwashers. Its location quotient is 1.21.
• 2. General and Operations Managers has 31,020 jobs in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 26,740 from Dishwashers. Its median is $100,840 per year, or $70,840 above Dishwashers. Its location quotient is 1.24.
• 3. Registered Nurses has 29,360 jobs in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 25,080 from Dishwashers. Its median is $82,370 per year, or $52,370 above Dishwashers. Its location quotient is 1.21.
• 4. Retail Salespersons has 28,700 jobs in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 24,420 from Dishwashers. Its median is $30,840 per year, or $840 above Dishwashers. Its location quotient is 1.03.
• 5. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 27,460 jobs in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 23,180 from Dishwashers. Its median is $28,250 per year, or $1,750 below Dishwashers. Its location quotient is 0.99.
• 6. Cashiers has 20,950 jobs in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 16,670 from Dishwashers. Its median is $29,470 per year, or $530 below Dishwashers. Its location quotient is 0.95.
• 7. Office Clerks, General has 19,150 jobs in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 14,870 from Dishwashers. Its median is $45,040 per year, or $15,040 above Dishwashers. Its location quotient is 1.08.
• 8. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 18,830 jobs in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 14,550 from Dishwashers. Its median is $41,830 per year, or $11,830 above Dishwashers. Its location quotient is 0.89.

Published role medians around Pittsburgh, PA

Software Developers has the highest published median in the bounded Pittsburgh, PA role table, at $124,500 per year. Dishwashers has $30,000 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $49,650 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.

The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.

• 1. Software Developers has a median of $124,500 per year in Pittsburgh, PA, or $94,500 above Dishwashers. BLS lists 10,320 jobs, compared with 4,280 for Dishwashers. Its location quotient is 0.85.
• 2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $100,840 per year in Pittsburgh, PA, or $70,840 above Dishwashers. BLS lists 31,020 jobs, compared with 4,280 for Dishwashers. Its location quotient is 1.24.
• 3. Registered Nurses has a median of $82,370 per year in Pittsburgh, PA, or $52,370 above Dishwashers. BLS lists 29,360 jobs, compared with 4,280 for Dishwashers. Its location quotient is 1.21.
• 4. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $81,350 per year in Pittsburgh, PA, or $51,350 above Dishwashers. BLS lists 9,600 jobs, compared with 4,280 for Dishwashers. Its location quotient is 1.26.
• 5. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $76,940 per year in Pittsburgh, PA, or $46,940 above Dishwashers. BLS lists 10,430 jobs, compared with 4,280 for Dishwashers. Its location quotient is 1.
• 6. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $76,550 per year in Pittsburgh, PA, or $46,550 above Dishwashers. BLS lists 7,640 jobs, compared with 4,280 for Dishwashers. Its location quotient is 0.77.
• 7. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $63,270 per year in Pittsburgh, PA, or $33,270 above Dishwashers. BLS lists 8,760 jobs, compared with 4,280 for Dishwashers. Its location quotient is 0.99.
• 8. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $63,260 per year in Pittsburgh, PA, or $33,260 above Dishwashers. BLS lists 10,440 jobs, compared with 4,280 for Dishwashers. Its location quotient is 1.01.

Roles with the largest local share in Pittsburgh, PA

Bartenders has the highest location quotient in the bounded Pittsburgh, PA role table, at 1.54. Dishwashers has 1.25. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Dishwashers with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Bartenders has a location quotient of 1.54 in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 0.29 from Dishwashers. BLS lists 8,370 jobs and a median of $29,750 per year, or $250 below Dishwashers.
• 2. Cooks, Restaurant has a location quotient of 1.31 in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 0.06 from Dishwashers. BLS lists 13,260 jobs and a median of $36,130 per year, or $6,130 above Dishwashers.
• 3. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a location quotient of 1.26 in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 0.01 from Dishwashers. BLS lists 9,600 jobs and a median of $81,350 per year, or $51,350 above Dishwashers.
• 4. General and Operations Managers has a location quotient of 1.24 in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 0.01 from Dishwashers. BLS lists 31,020 jobs and a median of $100,840 per year, or $70,840 above Dishwashers.
• 5. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has a location quotient of 1.21 in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 0.04 from Dishwashers. BLS lists 37,200 jobs and a median of $29,250 per year, or $750 below Dishwashers.
• 6. Registered Nurses has a location quotient of 1.21 in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 0.04 from Dishwashers. BLS lists 29,360 jobs and a median of $82,370 per year, or $52,370 above Dishwashers.
• 7. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.17 in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 0.08 from Dishwashers. BLS lists 12,140 jobs and a median of $43,080 per year, or $13,080 above Dishwashers.
• 8. Light Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.16 in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 0.09 from Dishwashers. BLS lists 8,180 jobs and a median of $42,700 per year, or $12,700 above Dishwashers.

What $30,000 may mean after the Pittsburgh, PA price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Pittsburgh, PA is 94.7. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 5.3% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $30,000 Dishwashers median by 94.7 divided by 100. The result is $31,689 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 72.0. Goods are 100.7. Utilities are 107.7. Other services are 97.7. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the Pittsburgh, PA row

The employment RSE for this Dishwashers row is 12.1%. The mean-wage RSE is 3.2%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.

The employment RSE belongs to the 4,280 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $30,250 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.

A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.

Use Pittsburgh, PA wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Dishwashers. It uses a Pittsburgh, PA place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.

Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $30,000 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.

Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.

What the Dishwashers row for Pittsburgh, PA does not claim

The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.

The 4,280 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.25 is not a growth score. Rank 192 of 390 is not a place score. The 94.7 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 35-9021 in BLS area 38300. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.