How much do First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers make in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA?

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers, the published 10th percentile is $57,210 and the 90th percentile is $124,990. The difference is $67,780, which is 86.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $63,650 to the 75th at $99,650, covers $36,000.

The mean annual wage is $84,650, which sits above the median of $78,660. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA median is 1.6% lower than the national median of $79,920 for First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $84,078, which is 5.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.5% lower than the Pennsylvania median of $81,540.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA is 93.556, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $78,660 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers at $84,078 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

42 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers. Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA ranks 28th of 43 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ is 45 miles away, with a median of $82,490 and employment of 1,280. That median is 4.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $82,516, against $84,078 here.
• Binghamton, NY is 58 miles away, with a median of $79,490 and employment of 400. That median is 1.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $85,599, against $84,078 here.
• Williamsport, PA is 60 miles away, with a median of $76,520 and employment of 240. That median is 2.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $82,859, against $84,078 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers accounts for 0.39% of wage-and-salary employment in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA (990 of 255,620). Nationally the occupation is 0.52% of employment (812,210 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.74 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.