Registered Nurses Salary in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
Median annual salary
$82,650
-15% vs US median ($97,550)
Worth after local cost of living
$108,607
cost index 76.1 (relative rent (Census ACS), US metro median = 100)
Pay range in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
| 10th percentile | $63,620 |
| 25th percentile | $78,490 |
| Median (50th) | $82,650 |
| 75th percentile | $97,810 |
| 90th percentile | $103,180 |
| Mean | $87,560 |
| Employed in metro | 5,400 |
A Registered Nurses in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA earns a median of $82,650 per year. That is 15% below the national median of $97,550 for this occupation. Because Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA has a cost index of 76.1 (below the US metro average of 100), that salary has the local purchasing power of about $108,607 in an average-cost metro.
Local context: median household income in the metro is $65,158, median gross rent $1,003/mo, and the median home value $187,200. See the full Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA cost-of-living profile.