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Broadcast Technicians pay in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Broadcast Technicians is $103,180 per year in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. It is $50,540 per year in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 104.2% above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-4012 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 460 wage and salary jobs in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD and 150 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.