Pennsylvania

• Broadly in line with U.S. norms across income, poverty, education, and age.

• Largest sector: Health Care and Social Assistance employs 1,146,404 workers (25.5% of the tracked sectors), at an average wage of $66,122.
• Economic scale: State GDP of $1,007.9B (2024).

• Top specialization: Primary Metal Manufacturing concentrates at 2.37x the national norm.
• Cluster depth: 7 sub-sectors register LQ ≥ 1.5, suggesting an interconnected industrial base across the state.
• Attraction whitespace: 7 sub-sectors register LQ < 0.5, candidates for diversification or recruitment.

• In line with national: Home value to income ratio of 3.3x sits near the ~4.1x national average; affordability is neither a clear advantage nor a recruitment friction.

• Succession risk is real: 22.7% of working-age residents are 55-64. Plan for retirements over the next decade and pair attraction strategy with talent retention.

Pennsylvania shows emerging potential for primary metal manufacturing attraction, with a 2.37x concentration and 33,413 jobs in this sub-sector. Near-term succession risk is elevated, with 22.7% of the working-age population within 10 years of retirement age.

Cluster depth across primary metal manufacturing, wholesale trade agents and brokers, and warehousing and storage creates supply-chain attraction leverage, a structural advantage for industrial recruitment.