SOC 29-1151 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025
How much do Nurse Anesthetists make in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Nurse Anesthetists in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA is $199,800. The 10th percentile is $199,800 and the 90th percentile is $320,850. Employment was not published.
Median annual wage
$199,800
- 10th percentile
- $199,800
- 25th percentile
- $199,800
- Median
- $199,800
- 75th percentile
- $223,320
- 90th percentile
- $320,850
- Mean
- $227,190
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Nurse Anesthetists, the published 10th percentile is $199,800 and the 90th percentile is $320,850. The difference is $121,050, which is 60.6% 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 $199,800 to the 75th at $223,320, covers $23,520.
The mean annual wage is $227,190, which sits above the median of $199,800. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA median is 15.6% lower than the national median of $236,590 for Nurse Anesthetists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $213,562, which is 9.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 9.8% lower than the Pennsylvania median of $221,530.
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 $199,800 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Nurse Anesthetists at $213,562 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Nurse Anesthetists. Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA ranks 14th of 14 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 $211,130 and employment of 440. That median is 5.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $211,198, against $213,562 here.
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 103 miles away, with a median of $238,540 and employment of 1,190. That median is 19.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $232,599, against $213,562 here.
- York-Hanover, PA is 106 miles away, with a median of $219,980 and employment of 110. That median is 10.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $229,146, against $213,562 here.
Highest-paying jobs in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA · Nurse Anesthetists by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Nurse Anesthetists make in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Nurse Anesthetists in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA is $199,800. The 10th percentile is $199,800 and the 90th percentile is $320,850.
How does that compare with the national median for Nurse Anesthetists?
The local median is 15.6% lower than the national median of $236,590.
What is Nurse Anesthetists pay in Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA is 93.556, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $199,800 is $213,562. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA compare with nearby metros for Nurse Anesthetists?
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 45 miles away, at $211,130. Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA ranks 14th of 14 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.