Higher Pay in the Greater Philadelphia Region According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, pay in the Greater Philadelphia is 5 percent higher than the national average. By occupation, the best performance locally was the installation-maintenance-repair field, where pay was 12 percent above the U.S. average for this type of work. Management-business financial jobs in the region pay 6 percent above the nationwide average; jobs in the professional field were 7 percent above; transportation-material moving jobs were 8 percent above; and office-administrative support and construction were both 6 percent above.