Graphic Designers salary in Scranton, PA

Median pay for graphic designers in Scranton, PA: $46,200/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $33,400 – $77,600 · about 240 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($50,005) by −$3,805 (-8%).

What it's really worth in Scranton

With Scranton's cost of living at 93 (US=100), that $46,200 has the buying power of about $49,469 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 154th of the 186 metros we hold graphic designers wages for. Once Scranton's cost of living is applied, it ranks 149th.

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 4.9× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,358/mo works out at 35% of gross pay — above the conventional 30% affordability ceiling, so renting would stretch this salary.

Where graphic designers 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
San Jose, CA	$96,260	+108%	2.7×
San Francisco, CA	$92,380	+100%	2.4×
Washington, DC	$80,100	+73%	1.8×
New York, NY	$75,900	+64%	2.6×

Same job elsewhere in PA

Metro	Median pay	vs Scranton	Rent vs Scranton
Philadelphia, PA	$59,640	+29%	1.4×
Allentown, PA	$54,960	+19%	1.4×
Harrisburg, PA	$50,570	+9%	1.1×
York, PA	$50,190	+9%	1×

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

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