Wilkes Barre, PA Salary Data - What Companies Pay Here

Median DOL Salary

$102,761

Total DOL Filings

Companies Hiring

Cost of Living Index

95.6

National avg = 100

Location vs National

Wilkes Barre, PA$102,761

National Average$60,917

The weighted median salary in Wilkes Barre, PA is 68.7% above the national average across all occupations.

Top Employers in Wilkes Barre

Employer	Local Filings	Median Salary	Type
Geisinger Clinic	11	$210,000	Other
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center	8	$65,603	Other
Diversant, LLC	5	$96,366	Other
King's College	5	$81,000	Other
Health Carousel LLC	5	$54,080	Other
HCL Global Systems Inc	3	$87,422	Other
CURRY DONUT	3	$31,512	Other
ePeople Technologies Inc	3	$75,000	Other
Lucid USA, Inc.	3	$125,000	Other
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS U.S. CORPORATION	2	$70,990	Staffing
Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education	2	$54,872	Other
Mastech Digital InfoTech, Inc.	2	$92,477	Staffing
WILKES-BARRE BEHAVIORAL HOSPITAL CO., LLC	2	$142,230	Other
Cosmic Healthcare, LLC	2	$58,240	Other
Apogee Medical Group, North Carolina, PC	2	$261,000	Other
Kronsys, Inc.	2	$70,000	Other
Wipro Limited	2	$72,301	Staffing
SWANKTEK INC	2	$83,470	Other
Apogee Medical Group, Pennsylvania, PC	2	$287,735	Other
AVCO Consulting Inc	1	$84,427	Other
CHARAN TRADING CORPORATION	1	$59,030	Other
TetraSoft, Inc	1	$82,000	Other
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP	1	$87,173	Staffing
The Pennsylvania State University	1	$72,000	Other
Curry Donuts of America Inc	1	N/A	Other

BLS Wage Survey Data - Pennsylvania

Independent Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey - all workers, not just sponsored positions.

BLS metro-level data is not available for this area. Showing state-level data for Pennsylvania.

Occupation	BLS Median Wage	Employment
Chief Executives	$220,510	14,140
Pediatricians, General	$217,810	2,010
Nurse Anesthetists	$217,670	2,660
Dentists, All Other Specialists	$212,470	70
Physicists	$208,470	540
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$208,060	320
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$172,710	4,030
Dentists, General	$168,740	3,210
Physicians, All Other	$163,100	17,780
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$161,570	23,320

Salary Trend in Wilkes Barre, PA

Median DOL-filed salary by fiscal year

Cost of Living Comparison

Wilkes Barre, PA has a cost of living index of 95.6, which is 4.4% less expensive than the national average. A salary of $100,000 here has the purchasing power equivalent of $104,603 in an average-cost city.

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Source: US Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) public disclosure files (PERM Form ETA-9089 and LCA Form ETA-9035), and US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Salary figures represent employer filings and government survey estimates, not individual worker pay.

Salaries in Wilkes Barre, PA