Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Across all occupations in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area, the median wage is $54,310 a year ($26.11 an hour) and the mean $71,730, May 2025. That median is +7% against the US median of $50,980 and +9% against Pennsylvania's $49,690. BLS counts 2,897,830 jobs in the area, which spans Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. The highest-paying occupation is radiologists; the largest is home health and personal care aides.

All occupations: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD vs Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	Hourly	$15.00	$18.00	$26.11	$40.76	$62.63	$34.49	2,897,830
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	Annual	$31,200	$37,440	$54,310	$84,780	$130,280	$71,730	2,897,830
Pennsylvania	Hourly	$13.91	$17.64	$23.89	$37.63	$56.66	$31.60	6,064,600
Pennsylvania	Annual	$28,920	$36,690	$49,690	$78,270	$117,860	$65,730	6,064,600
New Jersey	Hourly	$16.56	$18.94	$28.16	$46.50	$68.63	$37.52	4,285,720
New Jersey	Annual	$34,450	$39,400	$58,570	$96,720	$142,750	$78,040	4,285,720
Delaware	Hourly	$15.22	$17.93	$25.09	$39.21	$61.39	$33.60	484,790
Delaware	Annual	$31,650	$37,300	$52,190	$81,560	$127,690	$69,880	484,790
Maryland	Hourly	$16.60	$18.96	$28.61	$47.12	$69.91	$37.30	2,763,030
Maryland	Annual	$34,520	$39,440	$59,510	$98,010	$145,410	$77,580	2,763,030
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

712 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profiles: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Radiologists	$452,940	$217.76	550
2	Emergency Medicine Physicians	$380,800	$183.08	310
3	Physicians, Pathologists	$365,830	$175.88	90
4	Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric	$341,810	$164.33	130
5	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$320,040	$153.86	250
6	Orthodontists	$311,180	$149.61	**
7	Family Medicine Physicians	$294,430	$141.55	1,790
8	Chief Executives	$292,770	$140.75	4,120
9	Psychiatrists	$279,410	$134.33	640
10	Physicians, All Other	$245,810	$118.18	11,380
11	Nurse Anesthetists	$238,540	$114.68	1,190
12	Pediatricians, General	$226,440	$108.86	870
13	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$204,160	$98.15	210
14	Air Traffic Controllers	$198,590	$95.48	220
15	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$180,330	*	1,760
16	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Pennsylvania	$173,470	$83.40	15,090
17	Natural Sciences Managers	$172,900	$83.12	5,510
18	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$171,140	$82.28	5,060
19	Lawyers in Pennsylvania	$170,660	$82.05	19,040
20	Financial Managers in Pennsylvania	$166,920	$80.25	18,520

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Pennsylvania	158,280	54.62	1.97	$29,800
2	Registered Nurses in Pennsylvania	73,790	25.46	1.17	$101,180
3	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Pennsylvania	69,080	23.84	0.96	$32,220
4	General and Operations Managers in Pennsylvania	68,730	23.72	1.05	$121,630
5	Retail Salespersons in Pennsylvania	63,990	22.08	0.88	$34,810
6	Cashiers in Pennsylvania	54,100	18.67	0.94	$33,050
7	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Pennsylvania	51,100	17.63	0.93	$43,460
8	Stockers and Order Fillers in Pennsylvania	45,770	15.80	0.87	$36,800
9	Office Clerks, General in Pennsylvania	45,660	15.76	0.99	$47,060
10	Waiters and Waitresses in Pennsylvania	41,900	14.46	0.99	$36,570
11	Customer Service Representatives in Pennsylvania	41,740	14.41	0.86	$47,070
12	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Pennsylvania	40,790	14.08	0.99	$36,930
13	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Pennsylvania	32,850	11.34	1.03	$48,850
14	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Pennsylvania	32,220	11.12	0.84	$59,370
15	Nursing Assistants in Pennsylvania	30,680	10.59	1.14	$46,220
16	Accountants and Auditors in Pennsylvania	29,370	10.14	1.09	$85,990
17	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Pennsylvania	28,900	9.97	1.08	$72,700
18	Software Developers in Pennsylvania	28,480	9.83	0.91	$133,040
19	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Pennsylvania	26,990	9.32	1.02	$36,080
20	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Pennsylvania	25,460	8.79	1.28	$80,560

Most concentrated occupations in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Biochemists and Biophysicists	4.84	3,050	1.05	$134,090
2	Shampooers	4.76	710	0.25	$32,610
3	Therapists, All Other	3.16	1,330	0.46	$81,170
4	Brokerage Clerks	2.99	2,000	0.69	$61,010
5	Chemists	2.93	4,520	1.56	$95,440
6	Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, All Other	2.86	380	0.13	$35,120
7	Natural Sciences Managers	2.72	5,510	1.90	$172,900
7	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	2.72	11,210	3.87	$108,150
9	Parking Enforcement Workers	2.71	460	0.16	$46,730
10	Manicurists and Pedicurists	2.57	7,320	2.53	$31,200

Occupation groups in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$131,960	$151,700	222,640	76.83	1.07
Computer and Mathematical	$107,250	$115,910	89,100	30.75	0.91
Legal	$104,750	$139,460	32,950	11.37	1.35
Architecture and Engineering	$101,290	$107,680	43,300	14.94	0.89
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$96,270	$107,880	213,800	73.78	1.17
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$90,440	$103,160	35,270	12.17	1.28
Business and Financial Operations	$84,510	$97,770	200,850	69.31	1.02
Construction and Extraction	$63,560	$72,350	90,110	31.10	0.75
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$62,500	$75,130	31,430	10.85	0.82
Educational Instruction and Library	$62,190	$71,870	199,180	68.73	1.17
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$61,690	$65,870	91,310	31.51	0.81
Community and Social Service	$57,200	$61,130	60,350	20.83	1.21
Office and Administrative Support	$49,040	$53,220	320,580	110.63	0.97
Protective Service	$48,240	$61,450	73,290	25.29	1.04
Production	$48,160	$53,940	111,120	38.35	0.70
Transportation and Material Moving	$44,740	$48,730	247,580	85.44	0.97
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$43,260	$44,490	2,580	0.89	0.32
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$38,250	$41,870	78,820	27.20	0.93
Sales and Related	$37,980	$54,930	221,040	76.28	0.88
Personal Care and Service	$35,710	$40,600	71,570	24.70	1.18
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$34,710	$37,670	235,150	81.15	0.92
Healthcare Support	$33,030	$36,880	225,820	77.93	1.53

Every occupation in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and Delaware and Maryland, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profiles. All 712 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD estimates (area 37980).

*: Wage estimate not available.
**: Employment estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.
The area spans Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland; its figures are the whole MSA, as BLS publishes them, under the primary state Pennsylvania.