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Conveyor Operators and Tenders pay in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD and Wheeling, WV-OH
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Conveyor Operators and Tenders is $40,060 per year in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. It is $64,160 per year in Wheeling, WV-OH. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 37.6% below Wheeling, WV-OH on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-7011 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 170 wage and salary jobs in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD and 160 in Wheeling, WV-OH. 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.