How much do Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators make in Reading, PA?

Percentile spread

For Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, the published 10th percentile is $33,330 and the 90th percentile is $56,960. The difference is $23,630, which is 51.5% 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 $37,650 to the 75th at $51,650, covers $14,000.

The mean annual wage is $44,500, which sits below the median of $45,860. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Reading, PA median is 2.7% higher than the national median of $44,650 for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $47,249, which is 5.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.8% higher than the Pennsylvania median of $44,160.

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 $45,860 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators at $47,249 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

35 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators. Reading, PA ranks 7th of 36 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 $39,710 and employment of 760. That median is 13.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,601, against $47,249 here.
• Lancaster, PA is 31 miles away, with a median of $46,530 and employment of 3,990. That median is 1.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,355, against $47,249 here.
• Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ is 38 miles away, with a median of $48,990 and employment of 4,730. That median is 6.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,006, against $47,249 here.

Employment share

Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators accounts for 1.7% of wage-and-salary employment in Reading, PA (3,050 of 174,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.90% of employment (1,405,030 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.93 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.