Civil Engineers salary in Scranton, PA

Median pay for civil engineers in Scranton, PA: $85,680/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $63,550 – $124,700 · about 380 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($88,630) by −$2,950 (-3%).

What it's really worth in Scranton

With Scranton's cost of living at 93 (US=100), that $85,680 has the buying power of about $91,743 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $62,318 · median home $227,793 · median rent $1,358/mo.

Full Scranton cost of living & taxes →

How Scranton ranks for this job

On raw pay, Scranton, PA is 109th of the 187 metros we hold civil engineers wages for. Once Scranton's cost of living is applied, it ranks 99th.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Scranton sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Scranton

A median home in Scranton, PA costs $227,793 — about 2.7× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,358/mo works out at 19% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where civil engineers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Scranton.

Metro	Median pay	vs Scranton	Rent vs Scranton
Sacramento, CA	$125,760	+47%	1.7×
San Francisco, CA	$122,670	+43%	2.4×
San Jose, CA	$119,430	+39%	2.7×
Baton Rouge, LA	$110,110	+29%	1×

Same job elsewhere in PA

Metro	Median pay	vs Scranton	Rent vs Scranton
Pittsburgh, PA	$97,560	+14%	1.1×
Reading, PA	$97,120	+13%	1.1×
Philadelphia, PA	$96,240	+12%	1.4×
Allentown, PA	$90,810	+6%	1.4×

Staying in PA keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

Who hires civil engineers around Scranton

Large local employers in sectors that typically employ this role.

• Gentex Corporation · Manufacturing

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