High paying management jobs in Reading, PA

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Reading, PA. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single management job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Reading, PA run 2.9% below the national average (2024), so a Reading, PA salary is worth about 1.03× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Reading, PA · Employed

1Chief Executives$229,740
Bachelor's degree
$124,800 – $582,810140
2Architectural and Engineering Managers$159,720
Bachelor's degree
$110,000 – $217,940260
3Computer and Information Systems Managers$148,550
Bachelor's degree
$97,930 – $217,750420
4Financial Managers$133,900
Bachelor's degree
$80,840 – $244,420760
5Sales Managers$129,230
Bachelor's degree
$64,320 – $215,060540
6Human Resources Managers$128,310
Bachelor's degree
$78,340 – $208,030220
7Marketing Managers$127,920
Bachelor's degree
$73,020 – $211,310210
8Purchasing Managers$127,290
Bachelor's degree
$86,430 – $197,65070
9Industrial Production Managers$118,830
Bachelor's degree
$75,420 – $177,420450
10Construction Managers$115,480
Bachelor's degree
$73,670 – $164,470160
11Education Administrators, Postsecondary$114,260
Master's degree
$75,090 – $172,300110
12Natural Sciences Managers$112,040
Bachelor's degree
$67,650 – $221,61070
13Managers, All Other$111,360
Bachelor's degree
$73,990 – $196,340340
14Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$109,050
Master's degree
$81,310 – $161,190420
15Administrative Services Managers$103,780
Bachelor's degree
$60,940 – $165,770100
16Medical and Health Services Managers$102,620
Bachelor's degree
$67,990 – $176,970730
17General and Operations Managers$99,920
Bachelor's degree
$49,770 – $213,0204,290
18Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$99,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,420 – $172,810270
19Facilities Managers$93,050
Bachelor's degree
$62,340 – $140,710170
20Social and Community Service Managers$74,890
Bachelor's degree
$48,740 – $105,320220
21Food Service Managers$63,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,170 – $93,920270
22Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$60,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,390 – $125,850180
23Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare$49,760
Bachelor's degree
$38,340 – $70,800100

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianReading, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chief ExecutivesBachelor's degree	$229,740	$124,800 – $582,810	140
2	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$159,720	$110,000 – $217,940	260
3	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$148,550	$97,930 – $217,750	420
4	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$133,900	$80,840 – $244,420	760
5	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$129,230	$64,320 – $215,060	540
6	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$128,310	$78,340 – $208,030	220
7	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$127,920	$73,020 – $211,310	210
8	Purchasing ManagersBachelor's degree	$127,290	$86,430 – $197,650	70
9	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$118,830	$75,420 – $177,420	450
10	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$115,480	$73,670 – $164,470	160
11	Education Administrators, PostsecondaryMaster's degree	$114,260	$75,090 – $172,300	110
12	Natural Sciences ManagersBachelor's degree	$112,040	$67,650 – $221,610	70
13	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$111,360	$73,990 – $196,340	340
14	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$109,050	$81,310 – $161,190	420
15	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$103,780	$60,940 – $165,770	100
16	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$102,620	$67,990 – $176,970	730
17	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$99,920	$49,770 – $213,020	4,290
18	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$99,570	$64,420 – $172,810	270
19	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$93,050	$62,340 – $140,710	170
20	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$74,890	$48,740 – $105,320	220
21	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,750	$49,170 – $93,920	270
22	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,380	$48,390 – $125,850	180
23	Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and DaycareBachelor's degree	$49,760	$38,340 – $70,800	100

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Reading, PA. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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