Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ moved from $47,770 in May 2024 to $48,990 in May 2025 (+2.6%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ sits -0.5 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education publishes $79,040 here versus $63,970 nationally (+23.6%; 4,260metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $30,380 locally versus $35,800 nationally (-15.1%).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$79,040 in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ sits 23.6% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (4,260 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$30,380 in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ sits 15.1% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (12,030 published local jobs).
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$59,410 in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ sits 15.1% below the national Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median of $69,990 (3,430 published local jobs).
- Medical and Health Services Managers$109,380 in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ sits 11.7% below the national Medical and Health Services Managers median of $123,860 (2,060 published local jobs).
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 10900 · Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $63K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #130/528
- RPP-MID 100.0
- OCC-MOST 515 occs
- TOP-LEAD Orthopedic Sur… · $530K
- EMP-MIX Physicians,…
- TREND-INLINE -0.5 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Binghamton, NY
- BOOK-FULL 505 rows · May 2025
Read with Binghamton, NY ($9 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
Employment scale inside Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ's top-pay list
Physicians, All Other and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Physicians, All Other 1,890 jobs · $258,750
- 2. Financial Managers 1,390 jobs · $146,030
- 3. Sales Managers 1,310 jobs · $135,220
- 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,030 jobs · $165,660
- 5. Pharmacists 970 jobs · $138,390
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 790 jobs · $133,890
- 7. Marketing Managers 690 jobs · $153,930
- 8. Architectural and Engineering Managers 500 jobs · $166,180
- 9. Nurse Anesthetists 440 jobs · $211,130
- 10. Chief Executives 400 jobs · $279,080
- 11. Dentists, General 320 jobs · $155,750
- 12. Family Medicine Physicians 270 jobs · $371,260
- 13. Computer Hardware Engineers 190 jobs · $172,210
- 14. Purchasing Managers 160 jobs · $145,170
- 15. Emergency Medicine Physicians 110 jobs · $306,610
- 16. Database Architects 110 jobs · $160,300
- 17. Optometrists 100 jobs · $150,640
- 18. Pediatricians, General 80 jobs · $212,490
Occupations Tracked
515
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$63,439
employment-weighted, 505 complete rows
Top Salary
$529,890
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
Cost of Living
100.0
0% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | $529,890 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $371,260 |
| 3 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $331,550 |
| 4 | Psychiatrists | $307,290 |
| 5 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $306,610 |
| 6 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $298,430 |
| 7 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $296,980 |
| 8 | Chief Executives | $279,080 |
| 9 | Physicians, All Other | $258,750 |
| 10 | Pediatricians, General | $212,490 |
| 11 | Nurse Anesthetists | $211,130 |
| 12 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $172,210 |
| 13 | Commercial Pilots | $170,600 |
| 14 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $166,180 |
| 15 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $165,660 |
| 16 | Database Architects | $160,300 |
| 17 | Dentists, General | $155,750 |
| 18 | Marketing Managers | $153,930 |
| 19 | Optometrists | $150,640 |
| 20 | Financial Managers | $146,030 |
| 21 | Purchasing Managers | $145,170 |
| 22 | Pharmacists | $138,390 |
| 23 | Sales Managers | $135,220 |
| 24 | Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors | $135,220 |
| 25 | Nurse Practitioners | $133,890 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Telemarketers | $27,100 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $27,400 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $28,310 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $28,760 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,090 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $29,690 |
| Shampooers | $29,740 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $30,050 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $30,380 |
| Cashiers | $30,560 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in PA
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside PA. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($63,439 here) and summed published employment.
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Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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- Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric leads published medians in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ at $529,890/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $63,439 adjusts to about $63,459 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 100.0. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for PA before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.