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title: "Average Salary in Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD"
description: "Mean $71,730, median $54,310 in the Philadelphia metro area (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices and top jobs."
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last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan statistical area. Mean annual wage $71,730, median $54,310 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025, 2,897,830 jobs. Median at national-average prices: $52,960.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $31,200 |
| 25th | $37,440 |
| 50th | $54,310 |
| 75th | $84,780 |
| 90th | $130,280 |

| Price level (BEA RPP 2024, US = 100) | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 102.6 |
| Housing (rents) | 113.1 |
| Goods | 96.8 |
| Utilities | 114.4 |
| Other services | 103.1 |

## Highest-paying jobs (mean annual wage)

- [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general): $238,640
- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician): $191,400
- [Lawyer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lawyer): $186,600
- [Financial Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-manager): $185,740
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $184,100
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $183,600
- [Natural Sciences Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/natural-sciences-manager): $182,940
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $179,480
- [Air Traffic Controller](https://nuecareer.com/careers/air-traffic-controller): $177,260
- [Airline Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/airline-pilot): $174,590

Occupation pay is the OEWS May 2025 metro mean as published in the DOL OFLC 2026–27 wage file (metro-level estimates only).

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