Sewing Machine Operators Salary — Lancaster, Pennsylvania

The average Sewing Machine Operators in Lancaster, Pennsylvania earns $35,560 a year.

$35,560 / year, mean
↓ 5.3% below national average 33th percentile in Pennsylvania

Lancaster pays below most of Pennsylvania for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's close to the national average for sewing machine operators — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Pennsylvania

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
190
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.3%
Cost of living 98 #73 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1511 #51 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $388,207 #58 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $83,703 #40 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Lancaster ranks #73 for cost of living and #58 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Bend $47,980 San Jose $47,860 Santa Cruz $47,460 San Francisco $46,380 Kiryas Joel $45,920 Glens Falls $45,430 Seattle $44,730 Napa $44,590 Bremerton $44,320 Bellingham $43,960 Stockton $43,670 Portland $43,510 Naples $43,140 Oxnard $42,660 San Luis Obispo $42,480 Sacramento $42,310 Merced $42,110 Binghamton $42,060 Santa Rosa $41,780 Traverse City $41,720 Salem $41,580 Medford $41,490 Evansville $41,240 Elkhart $41,160 New York $41,160 Santa Maria $41,090 Syracuse $41,060 Riverside $41,040 Kingston $40,980 San Diego $40,820 Albany $40,590 Los Angeles $40,340 Spokane $40,190 Grand Rapids $40,060 Orlando $40,050 Fresno $39,630 Detroit $39,560 Modesto $39,500 Bakersfield $39,470 Ann Arbor $39,250 Buffalo $39,090 Eugene $39,050 Chicago $39,020 Atlantic City $39,010 Fort Wayne $38,960 Baltimore $38,850 Scranton $38,840 York $38,590 Fort Myers $38,140 Indianapolis $38,070 Crestview $37,860 Richmond $37,730 Flint $37,720 Trenton $37,700 Hagerstown $37,630 Odessa $37,310 Palm Bay $37,260 Lakeland $37,230 Reading $37,230 Rochester $37,150 Deltona $37,080 Allentown $37,050 Erie $36,570 Austin $36,550 Pensacola $36,540 Philadelphia $36,440 Virginia Beach $36,420 Lafayette $36,410 Sarasota $36,390 Kalamazoo $36,320 Lebanon $36,190 Ocala $36,120 Rockford $36,050 Harrisburg $35,940 Jacksonville $35,860 South Bend $35,630 Lancaster $35,560 Peoria $35,560 Tampa $35,520 Longview $35,280 Pittsburgh $35,240 Dallas $35,190 Roanoke $35,170 Houston $34,350 Terre Haute $34,270 Utica $34,230 Saginaw $34,140 Lexington $34,040 Vineland $33,980 Bowling Green $33,910 Gainesville $33,840 Panama City $33,820 Louisville $33,260 Amarillo $33,070 Miami $33,040 Michigan City $32,310 Salisbury $31,980 San Antonio $31,790 Johnstown $31,610 Lubbock $31,580 Williamsport $30,970 Waco $30,890 Beaumont $30,690 Corpus Christi $30,360 Tyler $29,910 Wichita Falls $29,340 Huntington $29,330 Elizabethtown $28,650 Owensboro $27,970 Charleston $27,840 San Angelo $26,170 El Paso $24,640
CityMean salaryvs. Lancaster
Albany, New York$40,590+14.1%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$37,050+4.2%
Amarillo, Texas$33,070-7.0%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$39,250+10.4%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$39,010+9.7%
Austin, Texas$36,550+2.8%
Bakersfield, California$39,470+11.0%
Baltimore, Maryland$38,850+9.3%
Beaumont, Texas$30,690-13.7%
Bellingham, Washington$43,960+23.6%
Bend, Oregon$47,980+34.9%
Binghamton, New York$42,060+18.3%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$33,910-4.6%
Bremerton, Washington$44,320+24.6%
Buffalo, New York$39,090+9.9%
Fort Myers, Florida$38,140+7.3%
Charleston, West Virginia$27,840-21.7%
Chicago, Illinois$39,020+9.7%
Corpus Christi, Texas$30,360-14.6%
Crestview, Florida$37,860+6.5%
Dallas, Texas$35,190-1.0%
Deltona, Florida$37,080+4.3%
Detroit, Michigan$39,560+11.2%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$28,650-19.4%
Elkhart, Indiana$41,160+15.7%
El Paso, Texas$24,640-30.7%
Erie, Pennsylvania$36,570+2.8%
Eugene, Oregon$39,050+9.8%
Evansville, Indiana$41,240+16.0%
Flint, Michigan$37,720+6.1%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$38,960+9.6%
Fresno, California$39,630+11.4%
Gainesville, Florida$33,840-4.8%
Glens Falls, New York$45,430+27.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$40,060+12.7%
Hagerstown, Maryland$37,630+5.8%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$35,940+1.1%
Houston, Texas$34,350-3.4%
Huntington, West Virginia$29,330-17.5%
Indianapolis, Indiana$38,070+7.1%
Jacksonville, Florida$35,860+0.8%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$31,610-11.1%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$36,320+2.1%
Kingston, New York$40,980+15.2%
Kiryas Joel, New York$45,920+29.1%
Lafayette, Indiana$36,410+2.4%
Lakeland, Florida$37,230+4.7%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$36,190+1.8%
Lexington, Kentucky$34,040-4.3%
Longview, Texas$35,280-0.8%
Los Angeles, California$40,340+13.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$33,260-6.5%
Lubbock, Texas$31,580-11.2%
Medford, Oregon$41,490+16.7%
Merced, California$42,110+18.4%
Miami, Florida$33,040-7.1%
Michigan City, Indiana$32,310-9.1%
Modesto, California$39,500+11.1%
Napa, California$44,590+25.4%
Naples, Florida$43,140+21.3%
New York, New York$41,160+15.7%
Sarasota, Florida$36,390+2.3%
Ocala, Florida$36,120+1.6%
Odessa, Texas$37,310+4.9%
Orlando, Florida$40,050+12.6%
Owensboro, Kentucky$27,970-21.3%
Oxnard, California$42,660+20.0%
Palm Bay, Florida$37,260+4.8%
Panama City, Florida$33,820-4.9%
Pensacola, Florida$36,540+2.8%
Peoria, Illinois$35,560+0.0%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$36,440+2.5%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$35,240-0.9%
Portland, Oregon$43,510+22.4%
Reading, Pennsylvania$37,230+4.7%
Richmond, Virginia$37,730+6.1%
Riverside, California$41,040+15.4%
Roanoke, Virginia$35,170-1.1%
Rochester, New York$37,150+4.5%
Rockford, Illinois$36,050+1.4%
Sacramento, California$42,310+19.0%
Saginaw, Michigan$34,140-4.0%
Salem, Oregon$41,580+16.9%
Salisbury, Maryland$31,980-10.1%
San Angelo, Texas$26,170-26.4%
San Antonio, Texas$31,790-10.6%
San Diego, California$40,820+14.8%
San Francisco, California$46,380+30.4%
San Jose, California$47,860+34.6%
San Luis Obispo, California$42,480+19.5%
Santa Cruz, California$47,460+33.5%
Santa Maria, California$41,090+15.6%
Santa Rosa, California$41,780+17.5%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$38,840+9.2%
Seattle, Washington$44,730+25.8%
South Bend, Indiana$35,630+0.2%
Spokane, Washington$40,190+13.0%
Stockton, California$43,670+22.8%
Syracuse, New York$41,060+15.5%
Tampa, Florida$35,520-0.1%
Terre Haute, Indiana$34,270-3.6%
Traverse City, Michigan$41,720+17.3%
Trenton, New Jersey$37,700+6.0%
Tyler, Texas$29,910-15.9%
Utica, New York$34,230-3.7%
Vineland, New Jersey$33,980-4.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$36,420+2.4%
Waco, Texas$30,890-13.1%
Wichita Falls, Texas$29,340-17.5%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$30,970-12.9%
York, Pennsylvania$38,590+8.5%
Gross salary
35,560/yr
Estimated take-home
29,661/yr
Est. total withheld
16.6%

Single filer, federal + Pennsylvania state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 51-6031 SOC code
Official area Lancaster, PA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 29540 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: pa_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
555,151