Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers publishes $81,180 here versus $105,770 nationally (-23.2%; 3,310metro-area jobs). Next is Waiters and Waitresses at $28,840 locally versus $35,230 nationally (-18.1%).
- General and Operations Managers$81,180 in Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area sits 23.2% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,310 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$28,840 in Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area sits 18.1% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,490 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$29,610 in Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area sits 16.4% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (4,100 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$28,380 in Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area sits 13.7% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (4,010 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 4200002 · Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $54K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #391/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 350 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $309K
- EMP-MIX Education Ad…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Hickory-Lenoir-M…
- BOOK-FULL 349 rows · May 2025
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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 Northeastern Pennsylvania n…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 390 jobs · $103,610
- 2. Financial Managers 310 jobs · $123,370
- 3. Physical Therapists 260 jobs · $101,540
- 4. Pharmacists 250 jobs · $132,540
- 5. Computer Occupations, All Other 230 jobs · $103,520
- 6. Software Developers 230 jobs · $101,530
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 220 jobs · $127,610
- 8. Managers, All Other 220 jobs · $107,650
- 9. Industrial Production Managers 190 jobs · $104,930
- 10. Physician Assistants 180 jobs · $128,380
- 11. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 180 jobs · $105,040
- 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers 170 jobs · $131,580
- 13. Chief Executives 120 jobs · $193,460
- 14. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 100 jobs · $107,910
- 15. Human Resources Managers 100 jobs · $107,200
- 16. Architectural and Engineering Managers 90 jobs · $158,650
- 17. Veterinarians 90 jobs · $127,230
- 18. Construction Managers 90 jobs · $106,170
Occupations Tracked
350
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$53,811
employment-weighted, 349 complete rows
Top Salary
$308,840
Family Medicine Physicians
Top-pay occupations in Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $23,250 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $24,200 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $25,450 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,900 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,910 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,210 |
| Dishwashers | $27,890 |
| Cashiers | $28,380 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $28,840 |
| Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians | $28,870 |
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 ($53,811 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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