Best jobs in Philadelphia, PA
The best-scoring occupations in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Philadelphia, PA (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (metro)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Philadelphia, PA pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$29,800 vs $35,800 · -16.8%
$135,700 vs $132,300 · +2.6%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 782 scored occupations — show all 782show top 25
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
170
$71,020
+3.1%
21
186
$121,180
+1.9%
20
203
$48,850
-1.6%
19
227
$76,580
+0.3%
18
248
$62,820
+3.7%
17
325
$49,830
+6.3%
15
396
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$47,570
+4.6%
14
469
$62,230
+2.3%
12
599
$51,830
+2.0%
10
624
$63,520
-13.7%
9
650
$61,040
-1.1%
8
651
$48,370
+1.2%
8
672
—†
-19.6%
8†
691
$49,000
-12.1%
7
698
$51,030
-4.3%
7
708
$46,510
-3.8%
7
713
$49,940
-13.6%
7
718
$47,650
-12.0%
7
779
$34,270
-9.0%
5
Live jobs in Philadelphia, PA
Environmental Protection AgencyVerified from company ATS
Supervisory Life Scientist/Environmental Engineer/Physical Scientist
$163,023–$197,200/yr View job →
Citizenship and Immigration ServicesVerified from company ATS
Immigration Services Assistant (Office Automation)
$44,887–$72,285/yr View job →
Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess. † local wage not published for this cell — the score uses the state value and the pay column shows a dash.