How much do Animal Control Workers make in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD?

Percentile spread

For Animal Control Workers, the published 10th percentile is $32,220 and the 90th percentile is $81,240. The difference is $49,020, which is 86.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $46,280 to the 75th at $72,420, covers $26,140.

The mean annual wage is $58,440, which sits above the median of $56,640. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD median is 24% higher than the national median of $45,660 for Animal Control Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $55,229, which is 21% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.9% higher than the Pennsylvania median of $52,000.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Pennsylvania, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 102.554, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $56,640 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Animal Control Workers at $55,229 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Animal Control Workers. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD ranks 5th of 9 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 77 miles away, with a median of $49,890 and employment of 60. That median is 11.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,748, against $55,229 here.
• New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 98 miles away, with a median of $55,790 and employment of 400. That median is 1.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,563, against $55,229 here.
• Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY is 134 miles away, with a median of $43,470 and employment of 50. That median is 23.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,727, against $55,229 here.

Employment share

Animal Control Workers accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (50 of 2,897,830). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.22 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.