Pennsylvania state Economy Profile

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Pennsylvania state Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Pennsylvania, 21.88% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Seven point zero four percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Pennsylvania. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Pennsylvania is as follows: eight point four seven percent.

In Pennsylvania government workers account for 11.3% of workers. 82.38% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Pennsylvania is equal to $40,106 while median family income is $49,184. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Pennsylvania are thirty-seven thousand, fifty-one dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $26,687.

zero of families in Pennsylvania are below poverty line (total population in Pennsylvania is twelve million, two hundred and eighty-one thousand, fifty-four). There are 134,560 families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Pennsylvania resident is thirty-eight years old.

	Pennsylvania	%, Pennsylvania	United States
Population 16 years and over	9,693,040		217,168,077
In labor force	6,000,512	61.91%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	5,992,886	61.83%	63.39%
- - Employed	5,653,500	58.33%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	339,386	3.5%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.7		5.8
- Armed Forces	7,626	0.08%	0.53%
Not in labor force	3,692,528	38.09%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	5,094,133	52.55%	51.66%
In labor force	2,818,832	29.08%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	2,817,741	29.07%	29.65%
- - Employed	2,660,720	27.45%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	845,915	8.73%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	508,870		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	5,556,311		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	4,247,836	76.45%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	577,364	10.39%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	289,699	5.21%	4.73%
Walked	229,725	4.13%	2.93%
Other means	47,041	0.85%	1.19%
Worked at home	164,646	2.96%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	25.2		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	5,653,500		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,841,175	32.57%	33.65%
Service occupations	838,137	14.83%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	1,525,131	26.98%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	26,722	0.47%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	500,898	8.86%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	921,437	16.3%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	73,459	1.3%	1.87%
Construction	339,363	6.0%	6.78%
Manufacturing	906,398	16.03%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	201,084	3.56%	3.6%
Retail trade	684,179	12.1%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	304,335	5.38%	5.2%
Information	148,841	2.63%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	372,148	6.58%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	478,937	8.47%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	1,237,090	21.88%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	397,871	7.04%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	274,028	4.85%	4.87%
Public administration	235,767	4.17%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	4,657,372	82.38%	78.47%
Government workers	639,088	11.3%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	339,631	6.01%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	17,409	0.31%	0.31%

	Pennsylvania	%, Pennsylvania	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	4,779,186		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	465,860	9.75%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	333,381	6.98%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	657,266	13.75%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	633,953	13.26%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	809,165	16.93%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	929,863	19.46%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	457,480	9.57%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	317,171	6.64%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	84,173	1.76%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	90,874	1.9%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	40,106		41,994
With earnings	3,667,238	37.83%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	54,209		56,604
With Social Security income	1,451,386	14.97%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,717		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	203,851	2.1%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,523		6,320
With public assistance income	149,203	1.54%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,848		3,032
With retirement income	940,184	9.7%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	14,663		17,376
Families	3,225,707		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	167,090	5.18%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	124,473	3.86%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	352,867	10.94%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	410,489	12.73%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	586,011	18.17%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	756,698	23.46%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	396,388	12.29%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	278,306	8.63%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	74,520	2.31%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	78,865	2.44%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	49,184		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	20,880		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	37,051		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	26,687		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	250,296		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	188,366	75.26%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	88,081	35.19%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	134,560		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	118,782	88.27%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	55,163	41.0%	42.27%
Individuals	1,304,117		33,899,812
18 years and over	882,372	67.66%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	164,095	12.58%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	408,079	31.29%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	291,913	22.38%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	473,182	36.28%	31.63%

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