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Title: Phone Screener hourly rate in Pennsylvania, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Phone Screener pay in Pennsylvania: median wage $38 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $55. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024.

PA · United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Phone Screener hourly rate in Pennsylvania

The market median wage for a Phone Screener in Pennsylvania is **$37.79 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$55 an hour** on Deftridge, -8% against the United States rate.

**$55/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$37.79/hr** median wage

**$30-52** middle half of wages

**$1,190** a month at 5 hours a week

## Phone Screener wage percentiles in Pennsylvania

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $25.39 | $550 | $52,800 |
| 25th | $29.67 | $640 | $61,700 |
| Median | $37.79 | $820 | $78,600 |
| 75th | $51.61 | $1,120 | $107,300 |
| 90th | $62.63 | $1,360 | $130,300 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 36,710 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Pennsylvania in numbers

What sets Pennsylvania apart for a Phone Screener, from the same sources as the table above.

- **-8%** median wage against the United States median of $41.24

- **31st of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **36,710** people employed in the role in this place

- **$41.60** median wage in the Philadelphia metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Phone Screener in Pennsylvania by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist | $45 | $980 |
| Senior | $55 | $1,190 |

- Regular role **$55**

- One-off task **$60**

- Task bundle **$55**

- Expert hour **$70**

## Phone Screener pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Phone Screener, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage Pennsylvania ranks **31 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| District of Columbia | $59.87 | $85 |
| California | $53.90 | $80 |
| New York | $47.72 | $70 |
| Iowa | $37.91 | $55 |
| Tennessee | $37.89 | $55 |
| South Carolina | $37.81 | $55 |
| Pennsylvania | $37.79 | $55 |
| Maine | $37.62 | $55 |
| Idaho | $37.16 | $55 |
| Georgia | $37.05 | $55 |

## Metro areas in Pennsylvania

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Philadelphia $41.60/hr median wage · range $33-55](https://deftridge.com/rates/phone-screener/pennsylvania/)

- [Lebanon $40.06/hr median wage · range $33-48](https://deftridge.com/rates/phone-screener/pennsylvania/)

- [York $39.15/hr median wage · range $31-54](https://deftridge.com/rates/phone-screener/pennsylvania/)

- [State College $37.98/hr median wage · range $30-49](https://deftridge.com/rates/phone-screener/pennsylvania/)

- [Allentown $37.48/hr median wage · range $31-48](https://deftridge.com/rates/phone-screener/pennsylvania/)

- [Harrisburg $36.96/hr median wage · range $31-47](https://deftridge.com/rates/phone-screener/pennsylvania/)

- [Pittsburgh $36.39/hr median wage · range $29-47](https://deftridge.com/rates/phone-screener/pennsylvania/)

- [Reading $36.23/hr median wage · range $29-46](https://deftridge.com/rates/phone-screener/pennsylvania/)

- [Lancaster $36.18/hr median wage · range $29-46](https://deftridge.com/rates/phone-screener/pennsylvania/)

- [Altoona $35.50/hr median wage · range $28-46](https://deftridge.com/rates/phone-screener/pennsylvania/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Phone Screener rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/phone-screener/) · [Phone Screener jobs in Pennsylvania](https://deftridge.com/jobs/phone-screener/pennsylvania/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
