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Title: Fractional HRBP hourly rate in Pennsylvania | Deftridge
Summary: Fractional HR Business Partner pay in Pennsylvania: median wage $52 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $110. Free for professionals.

PA · United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Fractional HR Business Partner hourly rate in Pennsylvania

The market median wage for a Fractional HR Business Partner in Pennsylvania is **$52.43 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$110 an hour** on Deftridge, -4% against the United States rate.

**$110/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$52.43/hr** median wage

**$40-69** middle half of wages

**$2,380** a month at 5 hours a week

## Fractional HR Business Partner wage percentiles in Pennsylvania

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $32.51 | $700 | $67,600 |
| 25th | $40.32 | $870 | $83,900 |
| Median | $52.43 | $1,140 | $109,100 |
| 75th | $68.54 | $1,490 | $142,600 |
| 90th | $90.97 | $1,970 | $189,200 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 7,970 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Pennsylvania in numbers

What sets Pennsylvania apart for a Fractional HR Business Partner, from the same sources as the table above.

- **-5%** median wage against the United States median of $55.20

- **21st of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **7,970** people employed in the role in this place

- **$57.88** median wage in the Philadelphia metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Fractional HR Business Partner in Pennsylvania by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manager | $90 | $1,950 |
| Director | $110 | $2,380 |
| Executive | $135 | $2,930 |

- Regular role **$110**

- One-off task **$125**

- Task bundle **$115**

- Expert hour **$145**

## Fractional HR Business Partner pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Fractional HR Business Partner, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage Pennsylvania ranks **21 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $78.02 | $165 |
| District of Columbia | $71.32 | $150 |
| New York | $70.59 | $150 |
| Arizona | $53.29 | $110 |
| Illinois | $53.00 | $110 |
| New Hampshire | $52.73 | $110 |
| Pennsylvania | $52.43 | $110 |
| Utah | $52.15 | $110 |
| Oregon | $52.03 | $110 |
| North Dakota | $52.01 | $110 |

## Metro areas in Pennsylvania

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Philadelphia $57.88/hr median wage · range $44-78](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-hrbp/pennsylvania/)

- [Reading $51.88/hr median wage · range $40-67](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-hrbp/pennsylvania/)

- [York $51.73/hr median wage · range $39-66](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-hrbp/pennsylvania/)

- [Gettysburg $51.69/hr median wage · range $41-59](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-hrbp/pennsylvania/)

- [Pittsburgh $51.48/hr median wage · range $39-67](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-hrbp/pennsylvania/)

- [Chambersburg $50.68/hr median wage · range $41-63](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-hrbp/pennsylvania/)

- [Allentown $50.45/hr median wage · range $39-63](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-hrbp/pennsylvania/)

- [Harrisburg $50.25/hr median wage · range $40-65](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-hrbp/pennsylvania/)

- [Lancaster $48.64/hr median wage · range $39-64](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-hrbp/pennsylvania/)

- [Scranton $47.86/hr median wage · range $39-56](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-hrbp/pennsylvania/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Fractional HR Business Partner rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-hrbp/) · [Fractional HR Business Partner jobs in Pennsylvania](https://deftridge.com/jobs/fractional-hrbp/pennsylvania/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
