Pennsylvania staffing and recruitment for non-IT roles
Optihire Staffing recruits non-IT staff for Pennsylvania employers: warehouse and plant crews, tradespeople, hospitality teams and the office, sales and customer service staff behind them. One recruiter takes your brief, and the fee is due only if you hire a candidate we introduced.
Two Pennsylvania details change how trades hiring works. The state has no statewide electrician license, so the rules depend on the municipality, and Act 75 requires construction employers to use E-Verify. We ask about both when we take a construction brief.
Contingency Recruitment
You pay a recruitment fee only when a successful candidate is hired, subject to agreed terms.
Pennsylvania jobs by sector
Payroll jobs in the sectors we recruit for, in thousands (September 2026, preliminary, seasonally adjusted). Sales, office and customer service roles sit inside almost every sector, so they have no row of their own.
| Sector | Jobs (thousands) |
|---|---|
| Trade, transportation and utilities | 1,132.8 |
| Leisure and hospitality | 575.9 |
| Manufacturing | 559.2 |
| Construction | 262.9 |
| All nonfarm jobs | 6,212.6 |
Where we recruit most in Pennsylvania
The largest of our sectors in Pennsylvania by payroll jobs. We recruit warehouse workers and forklift operators, and agree the overtime picture at the brief, because most Pennsylvania employees must get time and a half after 40 hours in a week.
For tipped roles, Pennsylvania allows a tip credit only when the employee earns at least $135 a month in tips and base pay plus tips reaches $7.25 an hour. We tell line cook and server candidates exactly how the pay is built before they interview.
Manufacturing is almost level with hospitality here by payroll jobs. We screen production operators and machine operators on the machines they have run, the shifts they can hold and the quality checks they have done.
Electrician licensing is local in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, for example, issues its own Electrical Trade License. For electricians we check what the job site's municipality requires before we submit anyone.
Roles we fill in Pennsylvania
Each guide covers what the job involves, what to screen for and the interview questions worth asking.
Hiring rules to know in Pennsylvania
General information checked against official sources on 2026-11-11, not legal advice. Rules change, so confirm with the linked agency or your own counsel before you act. See our editorial standards.
Minimum wage
Pennsylvania's minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, the same as the federal rate.
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry: wage FAQs
Overtime after 40 hours
Most employees must be paid one and a half times their regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. The department says compensatory time off in place of overtime pay is not legal for private employers.
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry: wage FAQs
Tipped employees
To take a tip credit, the employee must earn at least $135 a month in tips, and base wage plus tips must reach at least $7.25 an hour.
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry: overtime and tipped worker rules
E-Verify for construction employers
Act 75 requires all employers in the construction industry in Pennsylvania to use E-Verify for new hires. It took effect on October 7, 2020.
Electrician licensing is local
The state has no licensing or certification requirement for most construction contractors. Some municipalities license electrical contractors or electricians themselves.
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry: contractor licensing
Workplace safety
Pennsylvania has no OSHA-approved State Plan, so federal OSHA covers most private-sector workplaces.
Hiring in Pennsylvania?
Tell us the role, the site location, the shift and the pay range. You pay a recruitment fee only when a successful candidate is hired, subject to agreed terms.
Hiring in more than one state? See every state hiring guide or read how we screen candidates.