Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA moved from $45,400 in May 2024 to $46,330 in May 2025 (+2.0%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA sits -1.1 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.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $29,460 here versus $35,800 nationally (-17.7%; 9,970metro-area jobs). Next is Waiters and Waitresses at $29,770 locally versus $35,230 nationally (-15.5%).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$29,460 in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA sits 17.7% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (9,970 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$29,770 in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA sits 15.5% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (3,200 published local jobs).
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$37,780 in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA sits 15.4% below the national Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators median of $44,650 (3,790 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$82,650 in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA sits 15.3% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (5,400 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 42540 · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $56K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #320/528
- RPP-LOW 93.6
- OCC-MOST 448 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $297K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -1.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Monroe, MI
- BOOK-FULL 439 rows · May 2025
Read with Monroe, MI ($11 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 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
Employment scale inside Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Software Developers lead published employment inside Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 920 jobs · $124,920
- 2. Software Developers 730 jobs · $119,960
- 3. Physicians, All Other 640 jobs · $232,880
- 4. Sales Managers 600 jobs · $116,120
- 5. Pharmacists 570 jobs · $130,950
- 6. Managers, All Other 540 jobs · $111,970
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 430 jobs · $135,700
- 8. Nurse Practitioners 430 jobs · $126,820
- 9. Physician Assistants 310 jobs · $126,230
- 10. Chief Executives 270 jobs · $216,530
- 11. Human Resources Managers 270 jobs · $110,000
- 12. Marketing Managers 250 jobs · $127,000
- 13. Architectural and Engineering Managers 210 jobs · $156,420
- 14. Dentists, General 170 jobs · $195,480
- 15. Veterinarians 100 jobs · $126,960
- 16. Computer Network Architects 90 jobs · $114,570
- 17. Optometrists 80 jobs · $133,010
- 18. Family Medicine Physicians 70 jobs · $297,430
Occupations Tracked
448
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$56,229
employment-weighted, 439 complete rows
Top Salary
$297,430
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
93.6
6% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Family Medicine Physicians | $297,430 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $232,880 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $216,530 |
| 4 | Nurse Anesthetists | $199,800 |
| 5 | Dentists, General | $195,480 |
| 6 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $156,420 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $135,700 |
| 8 | Optometrists | $133,010 |
| 9 | Pharmacists | $130,950 |
| 10 | Marketing Managers | $127,000 |
| 11 | Veterinarians | $126,960 |
| 12 | Nurse Practitioners | $126,820 |
| 13 | Physician Assistants | $126,230 |
| 14 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $125,800 |
| 15 | Financial Managers | $124,920 |
| 16 | Database Architects | $120,890 |
| 17 | Software Developers | $119,960 |
| 18 | Purchasing Managers | $119,920 |
| 19 | Sales Managers | $116,120 |
| 20 | Computer Network Architects | $114,570 |
| 21 | Managers, All Other | $111,970 |
| 22 | Training and Development Managers | $111,600 |
| 23 | Actuaries | $110,300 |
| 24 | Human Resources Managers | $110,000 |
| 25 | Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers | $109,470 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Shampooers | $19,690 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $22,920 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $23,260 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $26,530 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,520 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $27,720 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $27,840 |
| Bartenders | $28,010 |
| Dishwashers | $28,100 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,130 |
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 ($56,229 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
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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How to use Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA at $297,430/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $56,229 adjusts to about $60,102 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 93.6. 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.