Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other Salary — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The average Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania earns $46,060 a year.

$46,060 / year, mean
↓ 26.0% below national average 82th percentile in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia pays well above most of Pennsylvania for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's well below the national average for educational instruction and library workers, all other — one of the largest gaps in this dataset. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a reasonably reliable estimate, though the underlying sample is moderate in size.

Percentile within Pennsylvania

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
1,940
Estimate confidence
RSE 5.5%
Cost of living 103 #37 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1511 #51 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $390,463 #56 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $89,273 #27 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Philadelphia ranks #37 for cost of living and #56 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Hanford $101,130 Redding $85,960 San Jose $83,520 Corvallis $83,140 Salinas $81,840 Louisville $80,820 Sacramento $79,710 San Francisco $78,120 Los Angeles $76,000 Santa Cruz $75,720 Modesto $75,490 El Centro $75,310 Fresno $75,220 Riverside $74,330 Yuba City $72,310 Chico $72,150 Visalia $71,370 Napa $71,360 Albany $70,980 Stockton $70,960 Vallejo $70,860 San Luis Obispo $70,080 San Diego $69,780 Sarasota $69,770 Blacksburg $69,300 Bakersfield $68,650 Oxnard $68,640 Santa Rosa $67,820 Seattle $67,290 Jacksonville $64,770 Bellingham $63,270 New York $61,730 Virginia Beach $60,970 Baltimore $60,700 Owensboro $60,130 Portland $59,680 Buffalo $59,060 Santa Maria $58,830 Lansing $58,600 Ann Arbor $58,490 Merced $57,600 Muskegon $57,450 Saginaw $57,360 Bay City $57,230 Dover $57,110 Traverse City $57,020 Kiryas Joel $56,960 Kalamazoo $56,800 Grand Rapids $56,570 Trenton $56,420 Salem $56,260 Fort Wayne $56,040 Richmond $55,360 Lexington $55,340 Harrisburg $55,290 Grants Pass $55,130 Detroit $55,100 Eugene $54,180 Austin $53,360 Niles $53,320 Indianapolis $53,130 San Antonio $53,030 Spokane $52,920 Tyler $52,690 Rochester $52,470 Flint $51,880 Jackson $51,880 Tampa $51,790 Roanoke $51,550 Orlando $51,540 Killeen $51,320 Charlottesville $51,250 Pensacola $50,550 Wichita Falls $50,030 San Angelo $49,950 Chicago $49,270 Miami $49,110 Waco $49,080 Altoona $48,990 Beaumont $48,940 Medford $48,780 Midland $48,300 Dallas $48,170 Abilene $48,050 Brownsville $47,980 Albany $47,570 Bend $47,500 Bowling Green $47,170 Philadelphia $46,060 Hagerstown $45,380 Yakima $45,350 Paducah $45,230 Elizabethtown $45,130 Houston $44,940 Longview $44,650 Allentown $43,910 Palm Bay $43,790 Lebanon $43,160 Fort Myers $42,640 Tallahassee $42,170 Lubbock $41,910 Deltona $41,860 McAllen $41,820 Corpus Christi $41,650 Reading $41,500 York $40,960 Scranton $40,790 Pittsburgh $40,460 El Paso $39,080 Erie $37,800 Lancaster $37,500 South Bend $37,220 Port St. Lucie $37,040 Gainesville $35,940 Charleston $35,240 Huntington $31,940 Amarillo $31,660 College Station $28,220 Laredo $26,230
CityMean salaryvs. Philadelphia
Abilene, Texas$48,050+4.3%
Albany, Oregon$47,570+3.3%
Albany, New York$70,980+54.1%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$43,910-4.7%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$48,990+6.4%
Amarillo, Texas$31,660-31.3%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$58,490+27.0%
Austin, Texas$53,360+15.8%
Bakersfield, California$68,650+49.0%
Baltimore, Maryland$60,700+31.8%
Bay City, Michigan$57,230+24.3%
Beaumont, Texas$48,940+6.3%
Bellingham, Washington$63,270+37.4%
Bend, Oregon$47,500+3.1%
Blacksburg, Virginia$69,300+50.5%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$47,170+2.4%
Brownsville, Texas$47,980+4.2%
Buffalo, New York$59,060+28.2%
Fort Myers, Florida$42,640-7.4%
Charleston, West Virginia$35,240-23.5%
Charlottesville, Virginia$51,250+11.3%
Chicago, Illinois$49,270+7.0%
Chico, California$72,150+56.6%
College Station, Texas$28,220-38.7%
Corpus Christi, Texas$41,650-9.6%
Corvallis, Oregon$83,140+80.5%
Dallas, Texas$48,170+4.6%
Deltona, Florida$41,860-9.1%
Detroit, Michigan$55,100+19.6%
Dover, Delaware$57,110+24.0%
El Centro, California$75,310+63.5%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$45,130-2.0%
El Paso, Texas$39,080-15.2%
Erie, Pennsylvania$37,800-17.9%
Eugene, Oregon$54,180+17.6%
Flint, Michigan$51,880+12.6%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$56,040+21.7%
Fresno, California$75,220+63.3%
Gainesville, Florida$35,940-22.0%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$56,570+22.8%
Grants Pass, Oregon$55,130+19.7%
Hagerstown, Maryland$45,380-1.5%
Hanford, California$101,130+119.6%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$55,290+20.0%
Houston, Texas$44,940-2.4%
Huntington, West Virginia$31,940-30.7%
Indianapolis, Indiana$53,130+15.3%
Jackson, Michigan$51,880+12.6%
Jacksonville, Florida$64,770+40.6%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$56,800+23.3%
Killeen, Texas$51,320+11.4%
Kiryas Joel, New York$56,960+23.7%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$37,500-18.6%
Lansing, Michigan$58,600+27.2%
Laredo, Texas$26,230-43.1%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$43,160-6.3%
Lexington, Kentucky$55,340+20.1%
Longview, Texas$44,650-3.1%
Los Angeles, California$76,000+65.0%
Louisville, Kentucky$80,820+75.5%
Lubbock, Texas$41,910-9.0%
McAllen, Texas$41,820-9.2%
Medford, Oregon$48,780+5.9%
Merced, California$57,600+25.1%
Miami, Florida$49,110+6.6%
Midland, Texas$48,300+4.9%
Modesto, California$75,490+63.9%
Muskegon, Michigan$57,450+24.7%
Napa, California$71,360+54.9%
New York, New York$61,730+34.0%
Niles, Michigan$53,320+15.8%
Sarasota, Florida$69,770+51.5%
Orlando, Florida$51,540+11.9%
Owensboro, Kentucky$60,130+30.5%
Oxnard, California$68,640+49.0%
Paducah, Kentucky$45,230-1.8%
Palm Bay, Florida$43,790-4.9%
Pensacola, Florida$50,550+9.7%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$40,460-12.2%
Portland, Oregon$59,680+29.6%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$37,040-19.6%
Reading, Pennsylvania$41,500-9.9%
Redding, California$85,960+86.6%
Richmond, Virginia$55,360+20.2%
Riverside, California$74,330+61.4%
Roanoke, Virginia$51,550+11.9%
Rochester, New York$52,470+13.9%
Sacramento, California$79,710+73.1%
Saginaw, Michigan$57,360+24.5%
Salem, Oregon$56,260+22.1%
Salinas, California$81,840+77.7%
San Angelo, Texas$49,950+8.4%
San Antonio, Texas$53,030+15.1%
San Diego, California$69,780+51.5%
San Francisco, California$78,120+69.6%
San Jose, California$83,520+81.3%
San Luis Obispo, California$70,080+52.1%
Santa Cruz, California$75,720+64.4%
Santa Maria, California$58,830+27.7%
Santa Rosa, California$67,820+47.2%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$40,790-11.4%
Seattle, Washington$67,290+46.1%
South Bend, Indiana$37,220-19.2%
Spokane, Washington$52,920+14.9%
Stockton, California$70,960+54.1%
Tallahassee, Florida$42,170-8.4%
Tampa, Florida$51,790+12.4%
Traverse City, Michigan$57,020+23.8%
Trenton, New Jersey$56,420+22.5%
Tyler, Texas$52,690+14.4%
Vallejo, California$70,860+53.8%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$60,970+32.4%
Visalia, California$71,370+55.0%
Waco, Texas$49,080+6.6%
Wichita Falls, Texas$50,030+8.6%
Yakima, Washington$45,350-1.5%
York, Pennsylvania$40,960-11.1%
Yuba City, California$72,310+57.0%

This metro area spans more than one state — where you actually pay income tax depends on where you work, not just where BLS assigns the area. Choose your work state:

Gross salary
46,060/yr
Estimated take-home
37,775/yr
Est. total withheld
18.0%

Single filer, federal + state tax (where the selected state levies one) + FICA, 2025 rates, for whichever state you select above. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 25-9099 SOC code
Official area Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 37980 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: pa_dor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
CamdenWilmington
Multi-state area: PA;NJ;DE;MD
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: Pennsylvania

Population (metro area)
6,241,882