| From doctors to
truck drivers to teachers and managers. From accountants to
writers, waiters and aerobics instructors. Whatever the job,
we can give you an idea of the wage rate, which, when balanced
against Northeastern Pennsylvania's affordable cost of living,
compares quite favorably to the rest of the country.
The following is a general wage breakdown
for a major fields of employment in the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton
area.
| Occupation |
Employment |
Median
Hourly |
Mean
Hourly |
Mean
Annual |
Mean
RSE |
| Management |
14,220 |
$22.55 |
$25.39 |
52,810 |
7.5% |
| Business
and Financial Operations |
5,390 |
$16.31 |
$17.94 |
$37,320 |
4.3% |
| Computer
and Mathematical Occupations |
2,820 |
$21.02 |
$21.51 |
$44,740 |
3.1
% |
| Architecture
and Engineering Occupations |
3,130 |
$19.99 |
$20.85 |
$43,370 |
3.5
% |
| Life,
Physical, and Social Science Occupations |
860 |
$19.08 |
$20.63 |
$42,910 |
6.7
% |
| Community
and Social Services Occupations |
3,880 |
$11.64 |
$12.90 |
$26,840 |
6.3
% |
| Legal
Occupations |
1,360 |
$20.41 |
$27.51 |
$57,230 |
16.9
% |
| Education,
Training, and Library Occupations |
13,850 |
$16.58 |
$17.31 |
$36,010 |
5.5
% |
| Arts,
Design, Entertainment,
Sports,
and Media Occupation |
2,080 |
$13.15 |
$14.90 |
$30,990 |
6.6
% |
| Healthcare
Practitioners and Technical Occupations |
16,010 |
$15.70 |
$17.78 |
$36,980 |
5.0
% |
| Healthcare
Support Occupations |
7,110 |
$8.67 |
$8.95 |
$18,610 |
2.3
% |
| Protective
Service Occupations |
6,510 |
$18.16 |
$16.58 |
$34,490 |
10.1
% |
| Food
Preparation and
Serving-
Related Occupations |
22,120 |
$6.25 |
$6.53 |
$13,580 |
3.2
% |
| Building
and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations |
7,390 |
$8.16 |
$9.01 |
$18,750 |
2.5
% |
| Personal
Care and Service Occupations |
4,520 |
$6.90 |
$7.38 |
$15,360 |
3.8
% |
| Sales
and Related Occupations |
26,800 |
$8.07 |
$10.63 |
$22,110 |
4.4
% |
| Office
and Administrative Support Occupations |
47,390 |
$9.91 |
$10.76 |
$22,370 |
|
| Farming,
Fishing, and Forestry Occupations |
N/A |
$10.03 |
$11.21 |
$23,310 |
9.1
% |
| Construction
and Extraction Occupations |
11,910 |
$14.49 |
$15.31 |
$31,850 |
3.1
% |
| Installation,
Maintenance, and Repair Occupations |
12,540 |
$13.62 |
$14.45 |
$30,060 |
5.4
% |
| Production
Occupations |
35,870 |
$11.72 |
$12.13 |
$25,240 |
3.6
% |
| Transportation
and Material Moving Occupations |
24,780 |
$10.73 |
$11.82 |
$24,580 |
3.0
% |
Click
here for a detailed occupation and wage breakdown
for the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton region.
About
1999 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment
and Wage Estimates:
Estimates
for residual, "All Other", occupations are not available.
Annual
wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean
wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of
2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly
mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated
from the reported survey data.
Hourly
wage rates for occupations where workers typically work fewer
than 2,080 hours per year are not available.
Wage
rates are calculated using three years of data: 1997, 1998,
and 1999.
Estimates
not released due to high relative standard error.
The
relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability
of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error,
the more precise the estimate.
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