Best jobs in Scranton, PA
The best-scoring occupations in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro area, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Scranton, PA (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (metro)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Scranton, PA pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$29,460 vs $35,800 · -17.7%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 775 scored occupations — show all 775show top 25
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
179
$65,030
+3.7%
20
180
$44,260
-1.6%
20
221
$61,340
+0.3%
18
246
$56,330
+3.1%
17
363
$47,100
+6.3%
14
375
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$51,220
+4.6%
14
416
$75,460
+1.9%
13
558
$52,630
-12.1%
10
559
$46,450
+2.3%
10
591
—†
-13.7%
9†
593
$49,840
+1.2%
9
597
—†
-1.1%
9†
619
$46,010
+2.0%
9
676
—†
-19.6%
8†
679
$45,020
-3.8%
7
722
$46,380
-4.3%
7
743
$42,870
-9.0%
6
755
$39,440
-12.0%
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Live jobs in Scranton, PA
Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess. † local wage not published for this cell — the score uses the state value and the pay column shows a dash.