How much do Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs make in Reading, PA?

Percentile spread

For Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs, the published 10th percentile is $53,000 and the 90th percentile is $76,940. The difference is $23,940, which is 38.8% 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 $54,060 to the 75th at $70,450, covers $16,390.

The mean annual wage is $61,980, which sits above the median of $61,710. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Reading, PA median is 13.8% higher than the national median of $54,210 for Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs. In 2024 national prices the local median is $63,579, which is 17.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.5% higher than the Pennsylvania median of $59,070.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Reading, PA is 97.060, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $61,710 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs at $63,579 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

32 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs. Reading, PA ranks 11th of 33 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).).

• Lebanon, PA is 28 miles away, with a median of $59,070 and employment of 60. That median is 4.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,370, against $63,579 here.
• Lancaster, PA is 31 miles away, with a median of $59,070 and employment of 230. That median is 4.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,118, against $63,579 here.
• Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ is 38 miles away, with a median of $59,070 and employment of 240. That median is 4.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,089, against $63,579 here.

Employment share

Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs accounts for 0.08% of wage-and-salary employment in Reading, PA (140 of 174,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (154,800 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.81 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.