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Writers and Authors · SOC 27-3043

Writers and Authors Salary in the Lancaster Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Lancaster, PA metro area

Figures describe the Lancaster, PA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Lancaster city limits.

Median annual wage$65,660
Median hourly wage$31.57

Writers and Authors in the Lancaster, PA metro area earned a median of $65,660 per year ($31.57 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $24,550 at the 10th percentile to $123,140 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Writers and Authors in the Lancaster metro area earn more than $65,660 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $47,390 and $81,940.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$24,550$47,390$65,660$81,940$123,140
Hourly$11.80$22.78$31.57$39.39$59.20

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.

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How this area compares

  • Lancaster metro areathis metro area
    $65,660
  • Pennsylvaniastate (PA)
    $77,410
  • United Statesnational
    $76,910

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −15% vs Pennsylvania overall and −15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$37,330$67,337$97,343$127,350Ann Arbor, MI — $37,330Columbia, SC — $41,600San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $44,300Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $47,210Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $47,300Wilmington, NC — $47,940Tucson, AZ — $47,990Iowa City, IA — $49,000Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $49,980Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $50,720Fargo, ND-MN — $50,860Lexington-Fayette, KY — $51,170Springfield, MO — $51,260Topeka, KS — $51,610Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $52,520Albuquerque, NM — $53,490Bend, OR — $55,930Jacksonville, FL — $56,760St. Louis, MO-IL — $57,390Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $57,600Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $58,480Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $58,870Akron, OH — $59,900Lincoln, NE — $60,200North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $60,640Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $60,700Cleveland, OH — $60,880Chattanooga, TN-GA — $61,400Winston-Salem, NC — $61,460Green Bay, WI — $61,500Boise City, ID — $61,650Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $61,980Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $62,060Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $62,060Cedar Rapids, IA — $62,110Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $62,440Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $63,010Columbia, MO — $63,030Knoxville, TN — $63,080Toledo, OH — $63,090Greensboro-High Point, NC — $63,270Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $63,270Fort Wayne, IN — $63,640Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $63,720Tulsa, OK — $63,780Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $63,910Manchester-Nashua, NH — $64,010Oklahoma City, OK — $64,100Birmingham, AL — $64,460Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $64,520Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $64,690Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $64,900Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $65,290Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $65,630Lancaster, PA — $65,660Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $66,470Medford, OR — $66,690Kansas City, MO-KS — $67,230Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $67,280Omaha, NE-IA — $67,390Savannah, GA — $68,030Rochester, NY — $68,600Madison, WI — $68,760Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $68,880Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $69,100Raleigh-Cary, NC — $69,100Glens Falls, NY — $69,320Asheville, NC — $70,280Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $70,620Syracuse, NY — $71,520Charleston, WV — $72,340Tallahassee, FL — $72,400Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $72,560Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $73,440Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $73,460Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $73,600San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $74,030Richmond, VA — $74,300Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $74,820Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $75,380Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $75,760Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $75,940Baton Rouge, LA — $76,000Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $76,120Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $76,390Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $76,470Columbus, OH — $76,490Montgomery, AL — $76,710Charlottesville, VA — $76,990Fresno, CA — $77,060Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $77,250Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $77,740Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $78,000Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $78,050Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $78,990New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $79,020Worcester, MA — $80,490Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $81,990Greeley, CO — $82,060San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $82,590Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $82,690Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $82,920Boulder, CO — $83,540Colorado Springs, CO — $83,770Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $84,130Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $84,130Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $84,940Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $85,020Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $85,260San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $86,340Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $87,020Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $87,560Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $90,060New Haven, CT — $94,410Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $97,160Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $98,730Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $102,570Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $103,060Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $107,700Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $108,460San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $118,810Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $127,350

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 68th-highest published median for this occupation among the 122 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 writers and authors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Lancaster metro areathis page
    $65,660
  • Philadelphia metro area
    $84,130
  • Harrisburg metro area
    $77,740

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:

Public Relations Specialists$51,230Graphic Designers$55,360Audio and Video Technicians$46,450Coaches and Scouts$47,380Producers and Directors$64,010Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$39,130

Highest-paying metro areas for writers and authorss · 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.

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.