Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Reading, PA

500 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Reading, PA for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	$62,560	40	View salary detail
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians	$62,370	360	View salary detail
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$62,370	360	View salary detail
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$62,290	590	View salary detail
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	$62,280	80	View salary detail
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$61,970	70	View salary detail
Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$61,970	70	View salary detail
Chemical Technicians	$61,790	110	View salary detail
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$61,740	510	View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$61,710	140	View salary detail
Insurance Sales Agents	$61,600	390	View salary detail
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$61,500	100	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$61,300	190	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$61,250	360	View salary detail
Postal Service Clerks	$61,050	110	View salary detail
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$60,960	390	View salary detail
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$60,880	940	View salary detail
Architectural and Civil Drafters	$60,800	130	View salary detail
Travel Agents	$60,470	80	View salary detail
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	$60,380	180	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$60,280	50	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$60,280	50	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$60,280	50	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$60,280	50	View salary detail
Marriage and Family Therapists	$60,130	60	View salary detail
Paramedics	$60,050	170	View salary detail
Park Naturalists	$60,000	30	View salary detail
Conservation Scientists	$60,000	30	View salary detail
Range Managers	$60,000	30	View salary detail
Athletic Trainers	$59,940	30	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$59,710	160	View salary detail
Machinists	$59,550	440	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$59,450	50	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$59,450	50	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$59,400	420	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$59,160	280	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$59,070	90	View salary detail
Clergy	$58,950	50	View salary detail
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$58,650	150	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$58,570	200	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$58,480	2,980	View salary detail
Computer User Support Specialists	$58,460	650	View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents	$58,010	50	View salary detail
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$57,580	70	View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	$55,340	40	View salary detail
Tutors	$55,270	80	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$55,260	440	View salary detail
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$55,230	100	View salary detail
Audio and Video Technicians	$55,000	40	View salary detail
Carpenters	$54,930	760	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.