SOC 51-6041 · Production Occupations · May 2025
How much do Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers make in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is $39,960. The 10th percentile is $35,100 and the 90th percentile is $48,840. Employment is 40.
Median annual wage
$39,960
- 10th percentile
- $35,100
- 25th percentile
- $37,440
- Median
- $39,960
- 75th percentile
- $45,760
- 90th percentile
- $48,840
- Mean
- $42,010
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $35,100 and the 90th percentile is $48,840. The difference is $13,740, which is 34.4% 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 $37,440 to the 75th at $45,760, covers $8,320.
The mean annual wage is $42,010, which sits above the median of $39,960. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD median is 5.7% higher than the national median of $37,800 for Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $38,965, which is 3.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 14.6% higher than the Pennsylvania median of $34,870.
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 $39,960 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers at $38,965 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD ranks 2nd of 2 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).).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 98 miles away, with a median of $45,960 and employment of 260. That median is 15% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,830, against $38,965 here.
Employment share
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (40 of 2,897,830). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (7,450 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.29 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.
Highest-paying jobs in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD · Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers make in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is $39,960. The 10th percentile is $35,100 and the 90th percentile is $48,840. Employment is 40.
How does that compare with the national median for Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers?
The local median is 5.7% higher than the national median of $37,800.
What is Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers pay in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 102.554, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $39,960 is $38,965. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD compare with nearby metros for Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers?
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 98 miles away, at $45,960. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.