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Salaries in Scranton, PA

76K residents · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro area

Scranton, PA is part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan area, the geography the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics uses for local wage estimates. The pages below show median pay for hundreds of occupations in and around Scranton, plus a calculator to compare your own offer.

Across all occupations, the median annual wage in Pennsylvania is $49,690. Cost of living varies widely within a metro, so treat these figures as a starting point.

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Hourly
$31.25
Daily
$250
Weekly
$1,250
Bi-weekly
$2,500
Monthly
$5,417
Annual
$65,000

Top-paying jobs in Scranton

Most common jobs in Scranton

OccupationMedian annualEmployment
Stockers and Order Fillers$37,41010K
Home Health and Personal Care Aides$29,46010.0K
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$42,9009.6K
Fast Food and Counter Workers$27,5206.5K
Retail Salespersons$30,0206.3K
General and Operations Managers$93,8206.0K
Registered Nurses$82,6505.4K
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$57,5805.2K
Cashiers$28,3805.2K
Office Clerks, General$43,1604.8K
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$48,8604.2K
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$37,7803.8K
Customer Service Representatives$42,0103.6K
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$36,5703.4K
Waiters and Waitresses$29,7703.2K
Nursing Assistants$43,9803.1K
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$49,7102.8K
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$44,2602.7K
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$62,4002.5K
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$61,7402.3K
Light Truck Drivers$43,1102.2K
Cooks, Restaurant$34,8702.2K
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,3502.1K
Packers and Packagers, Hand$37,4302.1K
Security Guards$35,1602.1K
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$61,3402.0K
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$29,9302.0K
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$46,2801.9K
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$75,0501.9K
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,8601.8K

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