Postal Service Clerks Salary — Scranton, Pennsylvania

The average Postal Service Clerks in Scranton, Pennsylvania earns $61,220 a year.

$61,220 / year, mean
↓ 2.9% below national average 47th percentile in Pennsylvania

Scranton sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Pennsylvania — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's close to the national average for postal service clerks — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Pennsylvania

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
150
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.0%
Cost of living 94 #116 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1511 #51 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $227,793 #148 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $63,656 #145 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Scranton ranks #116 for cost of living and #148 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Ann Arbor $67,130 Altoona $67,050 Merced $66,630 Detroit $66,190 Oxnard $65,360 Visalia $65,300 Kalamazoo $65,230 Tallahassee $65,150 El Centro $65,040 San Francisco $65,040 Houston $65,000 McAllen $64,940 Trenton $64,930 Los Angeles $64,880 Santa Maria $64,710 New York $64,680 Yakima $64,680 Flint $64,600 Punta Gorda $64,590 Sacramento $64,540 Fresno $64,420 Chico $64,410 Stockton $64,370 Indianapolis $64,350 Olympia $64,320 Chicago $64,270 Modesto $64,220 Dallas $64,180 San Diego $64,120 Riverside $64,110 Baltimore $64,100 Salinas $64,070 Morgantown $63,990 Santa Cruz $63,990 Lexington $63,970 Beaumont $63,950 Kiryas Joel $63,930 Vallejo $63,890 Medford $63,850 Salem $63,760 Seattle $63,720 Orlando $63,710 Sherman $63,710 Dover $63,630 Allentown $63,600 Redding $63,600 Bakersfield $63,580 Miami $63,510 Naples $63,460 Panama City $63,430 Tampa $63,420 Lansing $63,400 Hagerstown $63,350 Kingston $63,290 Roanoke $63,260 El Paso $63,250 Santa Rosa $63,240 San Luis Obispo $63,220 Portland $63,210 Lakeland $63,120 College Station $63,110 Louisville $63,050 San Jose $63,030 Staunton $62,970 Richmond $62,910 Evansville $62,700 Bremerton $62,690 Lancaster $62,610 Palm Bay $62,540 Philadelphia $62,520 Corpus Christi $62,510 Lexington Park $62,500 Erie $62,420 Buffalo $62,400 Harrisburg $62,400 Lynchburg $62,390 South Bend $62,330 Albany $62,310 Rochester $62,310 Bellingham $62,240 Gainesville $62,170 Longview $62,160 Killeen $62,120 Amarillo $62,100 York $62,050 Lubbock $62,020 Deltona $61,960 Harrisonburg $61,920 Sarasota $61,900 Abilene $61,860 Binghamton $61,850 Atlantic City $61,840 Grand Rapids $61,840 Reading $61,820 Syracuse $61,790 Peoria $61,770 Yuba City $61,770 Mount Vernon $61,760 Spokane $61,760 Niles $61,740 Brownsville $61,690 Sebastian $61,630 Fort Myers $61,600 Fort Wayne $61,600 Saginaw $61,570 Huntington $61,550 Vineland $61,480 Virginia Beach $61,240 Scranton $61,220 Jacksonville $61,120 Port St. Lucie $61,110 Bloomington $61,050 Traverse City $61,010 Wichita Falls $60,900 Pittsburgh $60,880 Waco $60,860 Elizabethtown $60,800 Champaign $60,790 Charlottesville $60,750 Springfield $60,610 Williamsport $60,560 Bloomington $60,460 Pensacola $60,460 Winchester $60,250 Wenatchee $60,230 San Antonio $60,210 Texarkana $60,130 Bowling Green $60,060 Austin $60,010 Lebanon $59,980 Homosassa Springs $59,860 Tyler $59,840 Utica $59,600 Paducah $59,510 Rockford $59,470 Kennewick $59,080 Watertown $59,050 Glens Falls $59,030 State College $59,000 Blacksburg $58,910 Salisbury $58,840 Bend $58,820 Wheeling $58,600 Weirton $58,550 Crestview $58,520 Eugene $58,460 Chambersburg $58,360 Ocala $58,110 Johnstown $57,810 Terre Haute $57,680 Beckley $57,580 Charleston $56,810 Lafayette $56,500
CityMean salaryvs. Scranton
Abilene, Texas$61,860+1.0%
Albany, New York$62,310+1.8%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$63,600+3.9%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$67,050+9.5%
Amarillo, Texas$62,100+1.4%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$67,130+9.7%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$61,840+1.0%
Austin, Texas$60,010-2.0%
Bakersfield, California$63,580+3.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$64,100+4.7%
Beaumont, Texas$63,950+4.5%
Beckley, West Virginia$57,580-5.9%
Bellingham, Washington$62,240+1.7%
Bend, Oregon$58,820-3.9%
Binghamton, New York$61,850+1.0%
Blacksburg, Virginia$58,910-3.8%
Bloomington, Illinois$60,460-1.2%
Bloomington, Indiana$61,050-0.3%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$60,060-1.9%
Bremerton, Washington$62,690+2.4%
Brownsville, Texas$61,690+0.8%
Buffalo, New York$62,400+1.9%
Fort Myers, Florida$61,600+0.6%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$58,360-4.7%
Champaign, Illinois$60,790-0.7%
Charleston, West Virginia$56,810-7.2%
Charlottesville, Virginia$60,750-0.8%
Chicago, Illinois$64,270+5.0%
Chico, California$64,410+5.2%
College Station, Texas$63,110+3.1%
Corpus Christi, Texas$62,510+2.1%
Crestview, Florida$58,520-4.4%
Dallas, Texas$64,180+4.8%
Deltona, Florida$61,960+1.2%
Detroit, Michigan$66,190+8.1%
Dover, Delaware$63,630+3.9%
El Centro, California$65,040+6.2%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$60,800-0.7%
El Paso, Texas$63,250+3.3%
Erie, Pennsylvania$62,420+2.0%
Eugene, Oregon$58,460-4.5%
Evansville, Indiana$62,700+2.4%
Flint, Michigan$64,600+5.5%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$61,600+0.6%
Fresno, California$64,420+5.2%
Gainesville, Florida$62,170+1.6%
Glens Falls, New York$59,030-3.6%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$61,840+1.0%
Hagerstown, Maryland$63,350+3.5%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$62,400+1.9%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$61,920+1.1%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$59,860-2.2%
Houston, Texas$65,000+6.2%
Huntington, West Virginia$61,550+0.5%
Indianapolis, Indiana$64,350+5.1%
Jacksonville, Florida$61,120-0.2%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$57,810-5.6%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$65,230+6.6%
Kennewick, Washington$59,080-3.5%
Killeen, Texas$62,120+1.5%
Kingston, New York$63,290+3.4%
Kiryas Joel, New York$63,930+4.4%
Lafayette, Indiana$56,500-7.7%
Lakeland, Florida$63,120+3.1%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$62,610+2.3%
Lansing, Michigan$63,400+3.6%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$59,980-2.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$63,970+4.5%
Lexington Park, Maryland$62,500+2.1%
Longview, Texas$62,160+1.5%
Los Angeles, California$64,880+6.0%
Louisville, Kentucky$63,050+3.0%
Lubbock, Texas$62,020+1.3%
Lynchburg, Virginia$62,390+1.9%
McAllen, Texas$64,940+6.1%
Medford, Oregon$63,850+4.3%
Merced, California$66,630+8.8%
Miami, Florida$63,510+3.7%
Modesto, California$64,220+4.9%
Morgantown, West Virginia$63,990+4.5%
Mount Vernon, Washington$61,760+0.9%
Naples, Florida$63,460+3.7%
New York, New York$64,680+5.7%
Niles, Michigan$61,740+0.8%
Sarasota, Florida$61,900+1.1%
Ocala, Florida$58,110-5.1%
Olympia, Washington$64,320+5.1%
Orlando, Florida$63,710+4.1%
Oxnard, California$65,360+6.8%
Paducah, Kentucky$59,510-2.8%
Palm Bay, Florida$62,540+2.2%
Panama City, Florida$63,430+3.6%
Pensacola, Florida$60,460-1.2%
Peoria, Illinois$61,770+0.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$62,520+2.1%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$60,880-0.6%
Portland, Oregon$63,210+3.3%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$61,110-0.2%
Punta Gorda, Florida$64,590+5.5%
Reading, Pennsylvania$61,820+1.0%
Redding, California$63,600+3.9%
Richmond, Virginia$62,910+2.8%
Riverside, California$64,110+4.7%
Roanoke, Virginia$63,260+3.3%
Rochester, New York$62,310+1.8%
Rockford, Illinois$59,470-2.9%
Sacramento, California$64,540+5.4%
Saginaw, Michigan$61,570+0.6%
Salem, Oregon$63,760+4.1%
Salinas, California$64,070+4.7%
Salisbury, Maryland$58,840-3.9%
San Antonio, Texas$60,210-1.6%
San Diego, California$64,120+4.7%
San Francisco, California$65,040+6.2%
San Jose, California$63,030+3.0%
San Luis Obispo, California$63,220+3.3%
Santa Cruz, California$63,990+4.5%
Santa Maria, California$64,710+5.7%
Santa Rosa, California$63,240+3.3%
Seattle, Washington$63,720+4.1%
Sebastian, Florida$61,630+0.7%
Sherman, Texas$63,710+4.1%
South Bend, Indiana$62,330+1.8%
Spokane, Washington$61,760+0.9%
Springfield, Illinois$60,610-1.0%
State College, Pennsylvania$59,000-3.6%
Staunton, Virginia$62,970+2.9%
Stockton, California$64,370+5.1%
Syracuse, New York$61,790+0.9%
Tallahassee, Florida$65,150+6.4%
Tampa, Florida$63,420+3.6%
Terre Haute, Indiana$57,680-5.8%
Texarkana, Texas$60,130-1.8%
Traverse City, Michigan$61,010-0.3%
Trenton, New Jersey$64,930+6.1%
Tyler, Texas$59,840-2.3%
Utica, New York$59,600-2.6%
Vallejo, California$63,890+4.4%
Vineland, New Jersey$61,480+0.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$61,240+0.0%
Visalia, California$65,300+6.7%
Waco, Texas$60,860-0.6%
Watertown, New York$59,050-3.5%
Weirton, West Virginia$58,550-4.4%
Wenatchee, Washington$60,230-1.6%
Wheeling, West Virginia$58,600-4.3%
Wichita Falls, Texas$60,900-0.5%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$60,560-1.1%
Winchester, Virginia$60,250-1.6%
Yakima, Washington$64,680+5.7%
York, Pennsylvania$62,050+1.4%
Yuba City, California$61,770+0.9%
Gross salary
61,220/yr
Estimated take-home
49,491/yr
Est. total withheld
19.2%

Single filer, federal + Pennsylvania state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 43-5051 SOC code
Official area Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 42540 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: pa_dor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
WilkesBarre
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
567,887