Pay distribution $36,450 10th $39,530 25th $52,460 75th $62,170 90th
Half of Bill and Account Collectors in the Reading metro area earn more than $46,040 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $39,530 and $52,460.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $36,450 $39,530 $46,040 $52,460 $62,170 Hourly $17.53 $19.00 $22.14 $25.22 $29.89
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Reading metro areathis metro area
$46,040 median for Reading metro area; middle half earns $39,530 to $52,460
$46,660 median for Pennsylvania; middle half earns $39,440 to $56,150
$47,030 median for United States; middle half earns $39,010 to $56,740
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −1% vs Pennsylvania overall and −2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $23,080 $41,173 $59,267 $77,360 Ponce, PR — $23,080 Aguadilla, PR — $23,350 Mayaguez, PR — $23,560 Arecibo, PR — $24,960 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $26,420 Logan, UT-ID — $30,320 Mansfield, OH — $31,430 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $33,860 Clarksville, TN-KY — $34,510 Joplin, MO-KS — $34,550 Sherman-Denison, TX — $35,270 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $35,300 Hattiesburg, MS — $35,360 Lima, OH — $35,410 Jefferson City, MO — $35,520 Monroe, LA — $35,740 Columbus, GA-AL — $35,820 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $35,950 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $36,110 Jackson, TN — $36,240 Roanoke, VA — $36,240 San Angelo, TX — $36,270 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $36,300 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $36,390 Dothan, AL — $36,400 Johnson City, TN — $36,490 Cleveland, TN — $36,560 Gadsden, AL — $36,660 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $36,730 El Paso, TX — $36,870 Laredo, TX — $37,180 Lubbock, TX — $37,440 Waco, TX — $37,560 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $37,730 Texarkana, TX-AR — $37,840 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $37,840 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $37,990 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $38,040 Albany, GA — $38,360 Jacksonville, NC — $38,360 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $38,370 Flint, MI — $38,370 Montgomery, AL — $38,390 Gainesville, FL — $38,480 Killeen-Temple, TX — $38,650 Johnstown, PA — $38,690 Knoxville, TN — $38,750 Tyler, TX — $38,810 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $38,850 Jackson, MI — $38,860 Baton Rouge, LA — $39,130 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $39,270 Lafayette, LA — $39,270 Muncie, IN — $39,360 Columbia, SC — $39,370 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $39,430 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $39,460 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $39,490 Ogden, UT — $39,540 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $39,560 Florence, SC — $39,820 Mobile, AL — $40,030 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $40,040 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $40,160 Longview, TX — $40,160 Idaho Falls, ID — $40,190 Tuscaloosa, AL — $40,190 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $40,210 Boise City, ID — $40,260 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $40,260 Las Cruces, NM — $40,420 Elmira, NY — $40,450 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $40,680 Cleveland, OH — $40,700 Dover, DE — $40,720 Akron, OH — $40,760 Dalton, GA — $41,030 Tallahassee, FL — $41,090 Missoula, MT — $41,130 Fayetteville, NC — $41,200 Ocala, FL — $41,210 Jonesboro, AR — $41,270 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $41,320 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $41,350 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $41,410 Abilene, TX — $41,480 College Station-Bryan, TX — $41,550 Toledo, OH — $41,550 Boulder, CO — $41,580 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $41,840 Greenville, NC — $41,900 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $41,910 Jackson, MS — $41,950 Rocky Mount, NC — $42,080 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $42,130 Decatur, AL — $42,180 Lynchburg, VA — $42,200 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $42,230 St. George, UT — $42,310 Altoona, PA — $42,330 Casper, WY — $42,340 Evansville, IN — $42,380 Asheville, NC — $42,460 Corpus Christi, TX — $42,530 Glens Falls, NY — $42,540 Odessa, TX — $43,010 Birmingham, AL — $43,100 Bowling Green, KY — $43,150 Rochester, NY — $43,150 Yuma, AZ — $43,160 Savannah, GA — $43,180 Chambersburg, PA — $43,190 Springfield, MO — $43,190 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $43,260 Springfield, IL — $43,310 Wichita Falls, TX — $43,350 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $43,390 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $43,650 Wheeling, WV-OH — $43,690 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $43,740 Binghamton, NY — $43,770 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $43,820 Peoria, IL — $43,820 Lincoln, NE — $43,830 Grand Junction, CO — $43,850 Yakima, WA — $43,960 St. Cloud, MN — $44,070 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $44,110 Erie, PA — $44,140 Morgantown, WV — $44,190 Rockford, IL — $44,210 Spartanburg, SC — $44,240 Billings, MT — $44,270 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $44,390 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $44,580 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $44,670 Charleston, WV — $44,680 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $44,710 Wilmington, NC — $44,720 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $44,780 Tulsa, OK — $44,790 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $44,870 Tucson, AZ — $44,990 Wichita, KS — $45,100 Greeley, CO — $45,120 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $45,160 Huntsville, AL — $45,270 Port St. Lucie, FL — $45,300 Amarillo, TX — $45,330 Pueblo, CO — $45,490 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $45,610 Winchester, VA-WV — $45,660 Terre Haute, IN — $45,730 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $45,800 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $45,850 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $45,900 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $45,910 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $45,930 Bloomington, IL — $45,940 Winston-Salem, NC — $46,010 Reading, PA — $46,040 Great Falls, MT — $46,110 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $46,130 Pittsburgh, PA — $46,270 Oklahoma City, OK — $46,300 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $46,320 Omaha, NE-IA — $46,350 Columbia, MO — $46,470 Richmond, VA — $46,470 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $46,500 Canton-Massillon, OH — $46,530 Topeka, KS — $46,610 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $46,620 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $46,630 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $46,660 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $46,660 Kansas City, MO-KS — $46,750 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $46,820 Jacksonville, FL — $46,840 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $46,840 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $46,850 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $46,870 Appleton, WI — $46,930 York-Hanover, PA — $46,980 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $47,100 Bloomington, IN — $47,160 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $47,190 Monroe, MI — $47,200 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $47,210 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $47,310 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $47,340 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $47,370 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $47,380 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $47,500 Flagstaff, AZ — $47,620 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $47,630 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $47,650 Bismarck, ND — $47,730 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $47,740 Traverse City, MI — $47,770 Reno, NV — $47,780 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $47,790 Lebanon, PA — $47,790 Wausau, WI — $47,930 Albuquerque, NM — $48,010 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $48,010 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $48,080 Rapid City, SD — $48,090 Columbus, OH — $48,200 Bozeman, MT — $48,290 Saginaw, MI — $48,310 St. Louis, MO-IL — $48,310 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $48,320 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $48,350 Salem, OR — $48,360 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $48,460 Green Bay, WI — $48,510 Colorado Springs, CO — $48,540 Fargo, ND-MN — $48,570 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $48,580 Fort Wayne, IN — $48,600 Medford, OR — $48,730 Bangor, ME — $48,750 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $48,750 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $48,820 Warner Robins, GA — $48,830 Merced, CA — $48,920 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $49,040 Utica-Rome, NY — $49,040 Helena, MT — $49,050 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $49,070 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $49,080 Madison, WI — $49,090 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $49,110 Lancaster, PA — $49,130 Paducah, KY-IL — $49,150 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $49,160 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $49,240 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $49,260 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $49,270 Pittsfield, MA — $49,340 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $49,390 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $49,400 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $49,440 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $49,480 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $49,620 Salisbury, MD — $49,660 Ann Arbor, MI — $49,810 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $49,860 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $49,870 Eau Claire, WI — $49,950 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $49,970 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $50,040 Cedar Rapids, IA — $50,090 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $50,200 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $50,360 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $50,630 Gainesville, GA — $50,820 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $50,950 Charlottesville, VA — $51,350 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $51,520 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $51,730 Syracuse, NY — $51,780 Midland, TX — $51,930 Portland-South Portland, ME — $52,000 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $52,140 Springfield, MA — $52,350 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $52,510 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $52,890 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $52,910 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $52,940 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $52,970 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $53,620 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $53,790 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $54,370 Urban Honolulu, HI — $55,210 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $55,290 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $55,550 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $55,820 Salinas, CA — $56,800 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $57,120 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $57,440 Worcester, MA — $57,570 Modesto, CA — $57,700 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $58,110 Fresno, CA — $58,330 Rochester, MN — $58,370 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $59,330 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $59,690 Vallejo, CA — $59,740 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $59,800 Visalia, CA — $60,310 New Haven, CT — $60,330 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $60,390 Anchorage, AK — $60,430 Kenosha, WI — $60,690 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $61,640 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $62,460 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $64,970 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $72,430 Napa, CA — $77,160 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $77,360 Reading metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Reading metro area has the 142nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 302 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Pennsylvania Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for bill and account collectors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
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$46,040 median for Reading metro area; middle half earns $39,530 to $52,460
$49,130 median for Lancaster metro area; middle half earns $44,090 to $59,470
$49,110 median for Philadelphia metro area; middle half earns $44,290 to $60,210
$47,790 median for Lebanon metro area; middle half earns $41,720 to $54,860
$46,980 median for York metro area; middle half earns $40,590 to $51,820
$46,660 median for Harrisburg metro area; middle half earns $36,900 to $52,950
$46,270 median for Pittsburgh metro area; middle half earns $40,920 to $56,300
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Office Clerks, General $46,820 Customer Service Representatives $44,500 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $45,500 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers $66,570 Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks $47,960 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $48,720 Highest-paying metro areas for bill and account collectorss · Highest-paying occupations in Reading Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .