Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD moved from $51,760 in May 2024 to $54,310 in May 2025 (+4.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD sits +1.8 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Chief Executives shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Chief Executives publishes $292,770 here versus $213,990 nationally (+36.8%; 4,120metro-area jobs). Next is Firefighters at $78,050 locally versus $59,280 nationally (+31.7%).
- Chief Executives$292,770 in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD sits 36.8% above the national Chief Executives median of $213,990 (4,120 published local jobs).
- Firefighters$78,050 in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD sits 31.7% above the national Firefighters median of $59,280 (3,970 published local jobs).
- Insurance Sales Agents$81,540 in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD sits 30.9% above the national Insurance Sales Agents median of $62,280 (8,480 published local jobs).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$78,570 in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD sits 22.8% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (23,380 published local jobs).
Chief Executives and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 37980 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $71K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-MID · OCC-FULL · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #34/528
- RPP-MID 102.6
- OCC-FULL 709 occs
- TOP-LEAD Radiologists · $453K
- EMP-MIX Lawyers
- TREND-INLINE +1.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Santa Cruz-Watso…
- BOOK-FULL 696 rows · May 2025
Read with Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA ($43 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Philadelphia-Camden-Wilming…
Employment scale inside Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD's top-pay list
Lawyers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Lawyers 19,040 jobs · $170,660
- 2. Financial Managers 18,520 jobs · $166,920
- 3. Computer and Information Systems Managers 15,090 jobs · $173,470
- 4. Physicians, All Other 11,380 jobs · $245,810
- 5. Marketing Managers 8,270 jobs · $166,310
- 6. Natural Sciences Managers 5,510 jobs · $172,900
- 7. Architectural and Engineering Managers 5,060 jobs · $171,140
- 8. Chief Executives 4,120 jobs · $292,770
- 9. Dentists, General 2,570 jobs · $163,390
- 10. Family Medicine Physicians 1,790 jobs · $294,430
- 11. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 1,760 jobs · $180,330
- 12. Database Architects 1,500 jobs · $163,590
- 13. Nurse Anesthetists 1,190 jobs · $238,540
- 14. General Internal Medicine Physicians 930 jobs · $159,330
- 15. Pediatricians, General 870 jobs · $226,440
- 16. Psychiatrists 640 jobs · $279,410
- 17. Radiologists 550 jobs · $452,940
- 18. Emergency Medicine Physicians 310 jobs · $380,800
Occupations Tracked
709
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$71,382
employment-weighted, 696 complete rows
Top Salary
$452,940
Radiologists
Cost of Living
102.6
3% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiologists | $452,940 |
| 2 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $380,800 |
| 3 | Physicians, Pathologists | $365,830 |
| 4 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | $341,810 |
| 5 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $320,040 |
| 6 | Orthodontists | $311,180 |
| 7 | Family Medicine Physicians | $294,430 |
| 8 | Chief Executives | $292,770 |
| 9 | Psychiatrists | $279,410 |
| 10 | Physicians, All Other | $245,810 |
| 11 | Nurse Anesthetists | $238,540 |
| 12 | Pediatricians, General | $226,440 |
| 13 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $204,160 |
| 14 | Air Traffic Controllers | $198,590 |
| 15 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $180,330 |
| 16 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $173,470 |
| 17 | Natural Sciences Managers | $172,900 |
| 18 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $171,140 |
| 19 | Lawyers | $170,660 |
| 20 | Financial Managers | $166,920 |
| 21 | Marketing Managers | $166,310 |
| 22 | Physicists | $164,850 |
| 23 | Database Architects | $163,590 |
| 24 | Dentists, General | $163,390 |
| 25 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $159,330 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Transportation Workers, All Other | $28,250 |
| Telemarketers | $28,430 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $29,800 |
| Gambling Service Workers, All Other | $29,870 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $31,200 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $31,360 |
| Parking Attendants | $32,220 |
| Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials | $32,220 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $32,220 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $32,220 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in PA
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside PA. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($71,382 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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- Radiologists leads published medians in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD at $452,940/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Radiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $71,382 adjusts to about $69,604 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 102.6. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for PA before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.