Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Scranton, PA

555 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Scranton, PA for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Community Health Workers	$49,660	80	View salary detail
Roofers	$49,620	150	View salary detail
Credit Counselors	$49,380	70	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$49,310	70	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	$49,310	260	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$49,310	70	View salary detail
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	$49,130	60	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$49,090	560	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$49,060	180	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$49,020	120	View salary detail
Judicial Law Clerks	$48,880	60	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$48,860	4,240	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$48,860	610	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$48,810	110	View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$48,590	220	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$48,290	1,450	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$48,120	100	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,000	440	View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$47,930	150	View salary detail
Insurance Underwriters	$47,840	250	View salary detail
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	$47,660	50	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$47,600	1,300	View salary detail
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	$47,530	50	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	$47,490	390	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$47,380	300	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$47,340	450	View salary detail
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	$47,320	40	View salary detail
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$47,270	80	View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$47,270	70	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$47,220	450	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$47,110	—	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	$47,100	140	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$47,080	70	View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents	$46,990	90	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$46,880	250	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$46,870	160	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$46,860	1,840	View salary detail
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	$46,760	70	View salary detail
Non-Destructive Testing Specialists	$46,760	70	View salary detail
Photonics Technicians	$46,760	70	View salary detail
Couriers and Messengers	$46,710	140	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$46,490	290	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$46,460	1,260	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$46,450	200	View salary detail
Driver/Sales Workers	$46,430	630	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,380	100	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$46,280	1,860	View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,010	90	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$45,960	340	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$45,930	710	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.