Pay distribution $29,210 10th $32,340 25th $40,810 75th $47,380 90th
Half of Packers and Packagers, Hand in the Lancaster metro area earn more than $37,550 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $32,340 and $40,810.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $29,210 $32,340 $37,550 $40,810 $47,380 Hourly $14.04 $15.55 $18.05 $19.62 $22.78
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 Lancaster metro areathis metro area
$37,550 median for Lancaster metro area; middle half earns $32,340 to $40,810
$36,960 median for Pennsylvania; middle half earns $33,640 to $42,380
$36,280 median for United States; middle half earns $32,220 to $43,060
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +2% vs Pennsylvania overall and +4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $21,840 $30,820 $39,800 $48,780 Aguadilla, PR — $21,840 Arecibo, PR — $21,840 Mayaguez, PR — $21,840 Ponce, PR — $21,840 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $21,840 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $23,550 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $23,740 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $24,090 Florence, SC — $24,500 Alexandria, LA — $25,230 Greenville, NC — $26,100 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $26,190 El Paso, TX — $26,380 Lake Charles, LA — $26,480 Homosassa Springs, FL — $27,040 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $27,040 Farmington, NM — $27,090 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $27,160 Casper, WY — $27,190 Lafayette, LA — $27,230 Sebring, FL — $27,250 Valdosta, GA — $27,250 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $27,290 Columbus, GA-AL — $27,320 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $27,330 Ocala, FL — $27,340 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $27,350 Tuscaloosa, AL — $27,440 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $27,460 Manhattan, KS — $27,460 Tallahassee, FL — $27,480 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $27,700 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $27,720 Port St. Lucie, FL — $27,740 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $27,740 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $27,750 Punta Gorda, FL — $27,760 Rocky Mount, NC — $27,760 Rapid City, SD — $27,800 Gainesville, FL — $27,810 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $27,920 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $27,970 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $28,000 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $28,040 Mansfield, OH — $28,090 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $28,120 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $28,140 Baton Rouge, LA — $28,150 Albany, GA — $28,160 Abilene, TX — $28,180 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $28,260 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $28,310 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $28,370 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $28,380 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $28,380 Hammond, LA — $28,510 Laredo, TX — $28,730 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $28,740 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $28,800 Jacksonville, NC — $28,930 Sumter, SC — $29,100 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $29,130 Fargo, ND-MN — $29,180 Gadsden, AL — $29,190 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $29,200 Burlington, NC — $29,540 Las Cruces, NM — $29,580 Dothan, AL — $29,650 Huntsville, AL — $29,680 Jacksonville, FL — $29,750 Terre Haute, IN — $29,750 Lawton, OK — $29,770 Dalton, GA — $29,780 Mobile, AL — $29,830 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $29,850 Great Falls, MT — $29,860 Cedar Rapids, IA — $29,870 Lubbock, TX — $29,940 Santa Fe, NM — $29,940 Hattiesburg, MS — $30,070 Bay City, MI — $30,080 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $30,080 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $30,150 Hot Springs, AR — $30,180 Odessa, TX — $30,200 Roanoke, VA — $30,310 Longview, TX — $30,320 Sherman-Denison, TX — $30,340 Wilmington, NC — $30,460 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $30,540 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $30,580 Yuma, AZ — $30,580 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $30,690 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $30,690 Bangor, ME — $30,840 Charleston, WV — $30,870 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $30,880 Saginaw, MI — $31,060 Lexington Park, MD — $31,200 Columbia, SC — $31,240 Albuquerque, NM — $31,250 Topeka, KS — $31,260 Battle Creek, MI — $31,310 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $31,390 Grants Pass, OR — $31,400 Charlottesville, VA — $31,580 Oklahoma City, OK — $31,580 Corvallis, OR — $31,640 Bloomington, IL — $31,730 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $31,740 Birmingham, AL — $31,920 Jonesboro, AR — $32,080 Kokomo, IN — $32,270 Kankakee, IL — $32,370 Spartanburg, SC — $32,380 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $32,520 Rome, GA — $32,640 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $32,680 State College, PA — $32,680 Waco, TX — $32,680 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $32,700 Savannah, GA — $32,740 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $32,760 Logan, UT-ID — $32,790 Paducah, KY-IL — $32,830 Warner Robins, GA — $32,830 Texarkana, TX-AR — $32,880 Johnson City, TN — $33,020 Cleveland, TN — $33,050 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $33,090 Flint, MI — $33,090 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $33,090 Lima, OH — $33,090 Bowling Green, KY — $33,310 Jackson, MI — $33,340 Corpus Christi, TX — $33,350 Worcester, MA — $33,350 Springfield, IL — $33,410 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $33,510 Tyler, TX — $33,550 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $33,560 Johnstown, PA — $33,580 Altoona, PA — $33,640 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $33,740 Gettysburg, PA — $33,880 Wichita Falls, TX — $33,910 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $33,930 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $34,010 Vineland, NJ — $34,010 College Station-Bryan, TX — $34,020 Salisbury, MD — $34,020 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $34,090 Goldsboro, NC — $34,200 Pittsfield, MA — $34,200 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $34,230 Sandusky, OH — $34,230 Niles, MI — $34,270 El Centro, CA — $34,320 Merced, CA — $34,320 Midland, TX — $34,350 Portland-South Portland, ME — $34,360 Gainesville, GA — $34,400 Binghamton, NY — $34,410 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $34,410 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $34,440 Ames, IA — $34,490 Traverse City, MI — $34,500 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $34,530 Eau Claire, WI — $34,540 Fond du Lac, WI — $34,550 Jackson, MS — $34,580 Harrisonburg, VA — $34,590 Kingston, NY — $34,640 St. George, UT — $34,670 Monroe, MI — $34,680 Tulsa, OK — $34,680 Elizabethtown, KY — $34,690 Cheyenne, WY — $34,720 Visalia, CA — $34,740 Midland, MI — $34,750 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $34,830 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $34,830 Redding, CA — $34,830 Rockford, IL — $34,830 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $34,850 Richmond, VA — $34,870 Walla Walla, WA — $34,890 Utica-Rome, NY — $34,930 Ann Arbor, MI — $34,940 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $34,960 Fayetteville, NC — $34,960 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $34,980 San Angelo, TX — $34,990 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $35,020 Lynchburg, VA — $35,020 Winston-Salem, NC — $35,050 Fresno, CA — $35,060 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $35,070 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $35,150 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $35,180 Rochester, NY — $35,180 Lewiston, ID-WA — $35,200 Wheeling, WV-OH — $35,250 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $35,260 Killeen-Temple, TX — $35,320 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $35,340 New Haven, CT — $35,340 Albany, OR — $35,360 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $35,360 Helena, MT — $35,360 Springfield, MO — $35,370 Salem, OR — $35,410 Dover, DE — $35,440 Lincoln, NE — $35,440 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $35,450 Salinas, CA — $35,480 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $35,490 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $35,490 Urban Honolulu, HI — $35,490 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $35,570 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $35,580 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $35,630 Amarillo, TX — $35,650 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $35,680 Glens Falls, NY — $35,700 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $35,700 Mankato, MN — $35,720 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $35,730 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $35,740 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $35,790 Springfield, MA — $35,810 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $35,820 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $35,840 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $35,850 Chico, CA — $35,870 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $35,940 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $35,990 Decatur, AL — $36,000 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $36,000 Joplin, MO-KS — $36,010 Montgomery, AL — $36,010 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $36,010 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $36,010 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $36,020 Yakima, WA — $36,080 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $36,090 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $36,100 Williamsport, PA — $36,100 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $36,120 Clarksville, TN-KY — $36,130 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $36,140 Green Bay, WI — $36,160 Springfield, OH — $36,160 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $36,180 Erie, PA — $36,180 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $36,190 Billings, MT — $36,220 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $36,220 Idaho Falls, ID — $36,380 Pueblo, CO — $36,380 Grand Junction, CO — $36,400 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $36,400 Knoxville, TN — $36,410 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $36,460 Pocatello, ID — $36,470 Bloomington, IN — $36,480 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $36,510 Barnstable Town, MA — $36,520 Madison, WI — $36,560 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $36,570 Chambersburg, PA — $36,600 Fort Wayne, IN — $36,630 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $36,650 Pittsburgh, PA — $36,650 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $36,660 Wausau, WI — $36,660 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $36,690 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $36,690 Ogden, UT — $36,800 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $36,830 Bend, OR — $36,870 Columbus, IN — $36,880 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $36,890 Winchester, VA-WV — $36,930 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $36,940 Carson City, NV — $36,990 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $37,030 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $37,040 Peoria, IL — $37,050 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $37,080 Owensboro, KY — $37,180 Jefferson City, MO — $37,210 Toledo, OH — $37,260 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $37,280 St. Louis, MO-IL — $37,280 Iowa City, IA — $37,340 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $37,390 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $37,390 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $37,430 Akron, OH — $37,440 Appleton, WI — $37,440 Cleveland, OH — $37,440 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $37,450 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $37,450 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $37,500 Lebanon, PA — $37,510 Reading, PA — $37,510 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $37,540 Lancaster, PA — $37,550 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $37,560 Twin Falls, ID — $37,650 Boise City, ID — $37,670 Jackson, TN — $37,670 Asheville, NC — $37,690 Colorado Springs, CO — $37,700 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $37,730 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $37,790 Kenosha, WI — $37,810 Medford, OR — $37,830 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $37,840 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $37,900 St. Cloud, MN — $37,940 Vallejo, CA — $37,950 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $37,970 Longview-Kelso, WA — $37,980 Yuba City, CA — $38,030 Elmira, NY — $38,060 Columbus, OH — $38,090 Evansville, IN — $38,100 Dubuque, IA — $38,120 Tucson, AZ — $38,180 Monroe, LA — $38,280 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $38,290 Syracuse, NY — $38,350 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $38,400 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $38,470 Decatur, IL — $38,570 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $38,590 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $38,630 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $38,670 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $38,720 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $38,750 Canton-Massillon, OH — $38,800 Omaha, NE-IA — $38,880 Flagstaff, AZ — $39,050 Napa, CA — $39,070 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $39,350 Columbia, MO — $39,520 Missoula, MT — $39,520 Bozeman, MT — $39,700 Bismarck, ND — $39,720 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $39,820 Bellingham, WA — $39,880 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $39,890 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $39,890 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $39,920 Reno, NV — $40,240 Morristown, TN — $40,280 Wichita, KS — $40,360 Boulder, CO — $40,490 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $40,490 Modesto, CA — $40,680 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $41,350 Duluth, MN-WI — $41,370 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $41,610 Anchorage, AK — $41,690 York-Hanover, PA — $41,800 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $42,410 Rochester, MN — $42,520 Fairbanks-College, AK — $42,700 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $43,450 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $43,970 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $44,010 Lawrence, KS — $44,370 Kansas City, MO-KS — $44,460 Hinesville, GA — $45,970 Sheboygan, WI — $47,550 Greeley, CO — $48,780 Lancaster 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 Lancaster metro area has the 70th-highest published median for this occupation among the 378 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 packers and packagers, hand, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Lancaster metro areathis page
$37,550 median for Lancaster metro area; middle half earns $32,340 to $40,810
$43,970 median for Philadelphia metro area; middle half earns $36,250 to $44,740
$41,800 median for York metro area; middle half earns $35,870 to $43,370
$37,970 median for Allentown metro area; middle half earns $35,660 to $45,700
$37,790 median for Harrisburg metro area; middle half earns $36,280 to $42,360
$37,510 median for Lebanon metro area; middle half earns $35,520 to $38,330
$37,510 median for Reading metro area; middle half earns $32,700 to $47,310
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Stockers and Order Fillers $36,400 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand $42,440 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers $58,350 Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators $50,050 Light Truck Drivers $43,870 First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors $62,130 Highest-paying metro areas for packers and packagers, hands · Highest-paying occupations in Lancaster 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 .