How much do Word Processors and Typists make in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ?

Percentile spread

For Word Processors and Typists, the published 10th percentile is $39,930 and the 90th percentile is $67,110. The difference is $27,180, which is 52.3% 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 $42,770 to the 75th at $58,380, covers $15,610.

The mean annual wage is $52,920, which sits above the median of $52,000. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ median is 5.5% higher than the national median of $49,280 for Word Processors and Typists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,601, which is 6.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5% higher than the New Jersey median of $49,520.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ is 98.857, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $52,000 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Word Processors and Typists at $52,601 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

14 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Word Processors and Typists. Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ ranks 2nd of 15 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).).

• Vineland, NJ is 21 miles away, with a median of $43,120 and employment of 140. That median is 17.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,932, against $52,601 here.
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 52 miles away, with a median of $47,250 and employment of 690. That median is 9.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,073, against $52,601 here.
• Trenton-Princeton, NJ is 69 miles away, with a median of $44,720 and employment of 350. That median is 14% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,342, against $52,601 here.

Employment share

Word Processors and Typists accounts for 0.15% of wage-and-salary employment in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ (250 of 168,700). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (35,010 of 155,495,730). The local share is 6.58 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.