Direct support professional pay at Skills of Central Pennsylvania

Skills of Central Pennsylvania posts $16–$22.05 an hour for direct support professionals, a median of $17.75 across 11 open jobs that state their pay, $1.25 below the $19 other employers post. Read from Skills of Central Pennsylvania's own job board.

Median posted /hr

Lowest to highest /hr

A year, full time

estimate, 2,080 hours

Other employers' median

The jobs themselves: Skills of Central Pennsylvania jobs · Direct support professional pay nationwide · About Skills of Central Pennsylvania

What direct support professionals are paid at Skills of Central Pennsylvania

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 11 open jobs at Skills of Central Pennsylvania. Lowest posted $16, highest $22.05.

Posted on open jobs at Skills of Central Pennsylvania

$17.75–$20/hr

Middle half of the employer's 11 jobs stating pay, median $17.75. 100% of the 11 open direct support professional jobs at Skills of Central Pennsylvania state an hourly rate.

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Every range Skills of Central Pennsylvania posts

Each distinct hourly range on its open jobs, with how many jobs post it. Pay differs by unit, shift and experience.

$16–$19.60/hr6 jobs
$18–$22.05/hr5 jobs

Skills of Central Pennsylvania direct support professional pay by state

State	Median posted	Posted range	Jobs stating pay
Pennsylvania	$17.75	$16–$22.05	11

A state's name opens what every employer posts for direct support professionals there, when enough do.

Against other employers

Skills of Central Pennsylvania's own jobs beside every other employer's rates for direct support professionals (each of their advertised ranges once).

Skills of Central Pennsylvania

$17.75/hr median

Middle half $17.75–$20, from 11 jobs stating pay.

161 other employers

$19/hr median

Middle half $17.25–$20.50, from 943 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open direct support professional jobs at Skills of Central Pennsylvania

Its open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight.

Direct Support Professional (DSP) Full-Time and Part-Time, Carlisle/Mechanicsburg
Skills of Central Pennsylvania · Carlisle, PA· 1w ago
$18–$22.05/hr
Direct Support Professional (DSP) Full-Time and Part-Time, York County, Hanover
Skills of Central Pennsylvania · Hanover, PA· 1w ago
$18–$22.05/hr

Direct support professional pay at Skills of Central Pennsylvania: common questions

How much does Skills of Central Pennsylvania pay direct support professionals?

Skills of Central Pennsylvania's open direct support professional jobs post $16–$22.05 an hour, a median of $17.75 over 11 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Full time that is about $36,900 a year. Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Skills of Central Pennsylvania pay direct support professionals more than other employers?

Its posted median ($17.75) is $1.25 below the median of 161 other employers' rates for direct support professionals ($19, middle half $17.25–$20.50). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 11 of 11 open direct support professional jobs at Skills of Central Pennsylvania (100%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint, every job of the employer counted once. The other employers' figures count each of their advertised ranges once. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. An employer has a page while it states a rate on at least 5 open jobs in the occupation. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours.

CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Direct support professional pay at Skills of Central Pennsylvania. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/direct-support-professional/skills-of-central-pennsylvania

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