Allegheny County, Pennsylvania / Health / Microbiologist
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
5 employees hold this title in Health. Median total compensation for the role is $48,870, below the department median of $54,350.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Pittsburgh, PA area, the median wage for Microbiologists — about 120 people — is $59,940. Health pays a median base salary of $48,791 for this role, 19% below that figure — about the 22nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Microbiologists across every employer in the Pittsburgh, PA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Health’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Microbiologists — about 18,940 people — is $87,990. Health’s median base salary is 45% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Pittsburgh, PA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Health is $48,870, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 9 jurisdictions. In Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the median of $48,870 ranks #9 of 9. See Microbiologist across all of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania →
Median total compensation for comparable Microbiologist roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
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Record list
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Microbiologist/Health
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At Health, Hannah Jones serves as a Microbiologist. Records show a hire date of 5/20/2024. Their 2025 pay totaled $54,213.
Microbiologist/Health
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Colin Stuart works as a Microbiologist for Health. Their hire date on record is 7/18/2022. Colin earned $50,475 in 2023.
Microbiologist/Health
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Sarah Walters is a Microbiologist at Health. Records show a hire date of 11/21/2022. 2024 total compensation came to $48,870.
Microbiologist/Health
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April Bonifate works as a Microbiologist for Health. Their hire date on record is 5/30/2023. April earned $40,963 in 2025.
Microbiologist/Health
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Molly Genes works as a Microbiologist for Health. Their hire date on record is 4/10/2023. Molly earned $30,729 in 2023.