Word Processors and Typists · SOC 43-9022
Word Processors and Typists Salary in the Allentown Metro Area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area
Figures describe the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Allentown city limits.
Word Processors and Typists in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area earned a median of $39,500 per year ($18.99 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $33,580 at the 10th percentile to $49,480 at the 90th. BLS estimates 80 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Word Processors and Typists in the Allentown metro area earn more than $39,500 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,080 and $47,920.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $33,580 | $37,080 | $39,500 | $47,920 | $49,480 |
| Hourly | $16.14 | $17.83 | $18.99 | $23.04 | $23.79 |
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
- Allentown metro areathis metro area$39,500 median for Allentown metro area; middle half earns $37,080 to $47,920
- Pennsylvaniastate (PA)$41,000 median for Pennsylvania; middle half earns $37,150 to $49,440
- United Statesnational$49,280 median for United States; middle half earns $40,800 to $57,670
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −4% vs Pennsylvania overall and −20% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally
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 Allentown metro area has the 69th-highest published median for this occupation among the 82 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 word processors and typists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Allentown metro areathis page$39,500 median for Allentown metro area; middle half earns $37,080 to $47,920
- $47,250 median for Philadelphia metro area; middle half earns $39,980 to $56,510
- $46,540 median for Reading metro area; middle half earns $41,200 to $49,220
- $40,550 median for Pittsburgh metro area; middle half earns $39,690 to $47,220
- $37,710 median for Scranton metro area; middle half earns $31,880 to $37,930
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:
Highest-paying metro areas for word processors and typistss · Highest-paying occupations in Allentown 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.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.