Pay distribution $21,470 10th $21,970 25th $30,710 75th $35,500 90th
Half of Dishwashers in the Scranton metro area earn more than $28,100 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $21,970 and $30,710.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $21,470 $21,970 $28,100 $30,710 $35,500 Hourly $10.32 $10.56 $13.51 $14.77 $17.07
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Scranton metro areathis metro area
$28,100 median for Scranton metro area; middle half earns $21,970 to $30,710
$29,950 median for Pennsylvania; middle half earns $24,310 to $34,820
$34,810 median for United States; middle half earns $29,690 to $37,440
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −6% vs Pennsylvania overall and −19% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $21,430 $29,597 $37,763 $45,930 Johnstown, PA — $21,430 Aguadilla, PR — $21,840 Fond du Lac, WI — $22,080 Monroe, LA — $22,160 Ponce, PR — $22,370 Mayaguez, PR — $22,660 Arecibo, PR — $22,710 Alexandria, LA — $23,010 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $23,130 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $23,140 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $23,170 Laredo, TX — $23,270 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $23,670 Williamsport, PA — $23,850 Manhattan, KS — $24,370 Hammond, LA — $24,380 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $24,600 Lake Charles, LA — $24,760 Beckley, WV — $25,150 San Angelo, TX — $25,290 Lafayette, LA — $25,300 Chambersburg, PA — $25,710 Hot Springs, AR — $26,110 Jackson, MS — $26,150 Hattiesburg, MS — $26,180 Wheeling, WV-OH — $26,180 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $26,250 Erie, PA — $26,300 Lawton, OK — $26,390 Charleston, WV — $26,440 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $26,440 Enid, OK — $26,450 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $26,470 Morgantown, WV — $26,490 Texarkana, TX-AR — $26,510 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $26,510 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $26,630 Victoria, TX — $26,640 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $26,720 Sumter, SC — $26,740 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $26,830 El Paso, TX — $26,850 Abilene, TX — $26,880 Longview, TX — $26,910 Altoona, PA — $26,960 Florence, SC — $26,970 Corpus Christi, TX — $27,300 Goldsboro, NC — $27,400 Muncie, IN — $27,460 Gadsden, AL — $27,540 Rocky Mount, NC — $27,540 Valdosta, GA — $27,540 Dothan, AL — $27,560 Baton Rouge, LA — $27,580 Lawrence, KS — $27,590 Lebanon, PA — $27,590 Dalton, GA — $27,610 Reading, PA — $27,650 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $27,670 Terre Haute, IN — $27,680 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $27,690 Rome, GA — $27,740 Jonesboro, AR — $27,750 Jacksonville, NC — $27,810 Wausau, WI — $27,860 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $27,870 Elizabethtown, KY — $27,870 Tuscaloosa, AL — $27,900 Topeka, KS — $27,920 Springfield, OH — $27,940 Warner Robins, GA — $28,010 Mansfield, OH — $28,020 Sandusky, OH — $28,040 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $28,080 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $28,100 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $28,110 Gettysburg, PA — $28,120 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $28,140 Sherman-Denison, TX — $28,140 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $28,160 Columbia, SC — $28,180 Albany, GA — $28,200 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $28,230 Amarillo, TX — $28,270 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $28,280 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $28,290 Oklahoma City, OK — $28,310 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $28,330 Wichita Falls, TX — $28,380 Rapid City, SD — $28,390 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $28,400 Cleveland, TN — $28,450 Owensboro, KY — $28,450 Evansville, IN — $28,460 Lima, OH — $28,480 Columbus, GA-AL — $28,490 Homosassa Springs, FL — $28,500 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $28,500 Greenville, NC — $28,560 Killeen-Temple, TX — $28,560 Tyler, TX — $28,560 Saginaw, MI — $28,580 Clarksville, TN-KY — $28,600 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $28,600 Tulsa, OK — $28,600 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $28,610 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $28,630 College Station-Bryan, TX — $28,640 Wichita, KS — $28,640 Lynchburg, VA — $28,660 Monroe, MI — $28,670 Casper, WY — $28,690 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $28,690 Fort Wayne, IN — $28,710 Canton-Massillon, OH — $28,730 Bloomington, IN — $28,740 Bowling Green, KY — $28,740 Mobile, AL — $28,740 Pocatello, ID — $28,750 Roanoke, VA — $28,790 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $28,800 Sebring, FL — $28,810 Ocala, FL — $28,850 Green Bay, WI — $28,890 Johnson City, TN — $28,890 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $28,890 Great Falls, MT — $28,940 State College, PA — $28,950 Lubbock, TX — $28,970 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $28,980 Montgomery, AL — $29,000 Eau Claire, WI — $29,020 Flint, MI — $29,030 Idaho Falls, ID — $29,050 Winston-Salem, NC — $29,050 Joplin, MO-KS — $29,070 Las Cruces, NM — $29,070 Minot, ND — $29,070 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $29,090 Lancaster, PA — $29,140 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $29,160 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $29,170 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $29,190 Twin Falls, ID — $29,190 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $29,230 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $29,250 Sheboygan, WI — $29,250 Toledo, OH — $29,290 Cedar Rapids, IA — $29,310 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $29,310 Hinesville, GA — $29,320 Cleveland, OH — $29,360 Appleton, WI — $29,370 Cheyenne, WY — $29,370 Dubuque, IA — $29,380 Akron, OH — $29,390 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $29,430 Kokomo, IN — $29,430 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $29,430 Bay City, MI — $29,470 Fayetteville, NC — $29,470 Spartanburg, SC — $29,470 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $29,480 Farmington, NM — $29,490 Gainesville, FL — $29,490 Paducah, KY-IL — $29,520 Waco, TX — $29,520 Iowa City, IA — $29,530 Knoxville, TN — $29,530 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $29,530 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $29,540 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $29,540 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $29,540 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $29,580 Gainesville, GA — $29,580 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $29,590 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $29,590 York-Hanover, PA — $29,590 Decatur, AL — $29,620 Jackson, TN — $29,630 Savannah, GA — $29,680 Grand Island, NE — $29,690 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $29,700 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $29,700 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $29,720 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $29,740 Helena, MT — $29,750 Winchester, VA-WV — $29,750 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $29,760 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $29,770 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $29,770 Birmingham, AL — $29,790 Morristown, TN — $29,820 St. Cloud, MN — $29,830 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $29,850 Wilmington, NC — $29,870 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $29,900 Kenosha, WI — $29,960 Pittsburgh, PA — $30,000 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $30,010 Tallahassee, FL — $30,040 Lincoln, NE — $30,060 Odessa, TX — $30,060 Punta Gorda, FL — $30,100 Ames, IA — $30,110 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $30,130 Duluth, MN-WI — $30,220 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $30,230 St. George, UT — $30,230 Midland, MI — $30,320 Missoula, MT — $30,400 Jackson, MI — $30,420 Midland, TX — $30,420 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $30,450 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $30,470 Logan, UT-ID — $30,500 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $30,520 Port St. Lucie, FL — $30,540 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $30,550 Springfield, MO — $30,680 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $30,690 Mankato, MN — $30,690 Huntsville, AL — $30,720 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $30,740 Columbia, MO — $30,780 Jefferson City, MO — $30,860 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $30,880 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $30,940 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $31,000 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $31,110 Ogden, UT — $31,130 Traverse City, MI — $31,130 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $31,160 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $31,180 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $31,200 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $31,200 Dover, DE — $31,200 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $31,200 Kankakee, IL — $31,200 Lexington Park, MD — $31,200 Salisbury, MD — $31,200 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $31,300 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $31,370 Richmond, VA — $31,370 Bloomington, IL — $31,390 Burlington, NC — $31,410 Harrisonburg, VA — $31,440 Billings, MT — $31,450 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $31,480 Albuquerque, NM — $31,540 Fargo, ND-MN — $31,560 Yuma, AZ — $31,560 Rockford, IL — $31,570 Niles, MI — $31,580 Peoria, IL — $31,610 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $31,670 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $31,780 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $31,800 Asheville, NC — $31,860 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $31,920 Anchorage, AK — $31,940 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $31,940 Decatur, IL — $31,990 Battle Creek, MI — $32,080 Jacksonville, FL — $32,150 Bismarck, ND — $32,180 St. Louis, MO-IL — $32,180 Springfield, IL — $32,200 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $32,220 Elmira, NY — $32,530 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $32,670 Madison, WI — $32,750 Rochester, MN — $32,790 Fairbanks-College, AK — $32,900 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $33,040 Charlottesville, VA — $33,090 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $33,130 Reno, NV — $33,190 Carson City, NV — $33,220 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $33,270 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $33,280 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $33,330 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $33,330 Vineland, NJ — $33,400 Boise City, ID — $33,470 Tucson, AZ — $33,490 Binghamton, NY — $33,530 Columbus, OH — $33,690 Grand Junction, CO — $33,730 Santa Fe, NM — $33,750 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $33,800 Omaha, NE-IA — $33,810 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $33,850 Rochester, NY — $33,880 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $33,890 Albany, OR — $33,960 Glens Falls, NY — $34,010 Lewiston, ID-WA — $34,020 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $34,350 Pueblo, CO — $34,350 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $34,380 Ann Arbor, MI — $34,440 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $34,470 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $34,480 Bangor, ME — $34,490 Syracuse, NY — $34,530 Utica-Rome, NY — $34,530 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $34,580 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $34,600 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $34,640 Visalia, CA — $34,750 Kansas City, MO-KS — $34,800 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $34,820 Redding, CA — $34,900 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $34,920 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $34,940 Corvallis, OR — $34,950 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $34,980 El Centro, CA — $34,990 Colorado Springs, CO — $35,030 Salem, OR — $35,070 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $35,080 Fresno, CA — $35,110 Chico, CA — $35,150 Ithaca, NY — $35,170 Merced, CA — $35,210 Greeley, CO — $35,240 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $35,290 Medford, OR — $35,340 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $35,350 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $35,360 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $35,360 Grants Pass, OR — $35,410 New Haven, CT — $35,470 Kingston, NY — $35,510 Flagstaff, AZ — $35,530 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $35,560 Springfield, MA — $35,560 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $35,630 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $35,670 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $35,720 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $35,780 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $35,800 Pittsfield, MA — $35,840 Yakima, WA — $35,950 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $35,980 Walla Walla, WA — $36,110 Yuba City, CA — $36,220 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $36,330 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $36,390 Bend, OR — $36,400 Urban Honolulu, HI — $36,400 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $36,410 Portland-South Portland, ME — $36,440 Bozeman, MT — $36,470 Worcester, MA — $36,660 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $36,670 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $36,710 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $36,760 Modesto, CA — $36,810 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $36,850 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $36,850 Longview-Kelso, WA — $36,880 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $36,930 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $37,010 Barnstable Town, MA — $37,030 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $37,070 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $37,110 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $37,170 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $37,250 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $37,290 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $37,350 Salinas, CA — $37,350 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $37,380 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $37,400 Bellingham, WA — $37,430 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $37,580 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $37,710 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $37,750 Boulder, CO — $37,750 Vallejo, CA — $37,910 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $38,530 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $38,710 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $38,810 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $38,910 Napa, CA — $39,930 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $42,100 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $42,750 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $43,960 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $45,930 Scranton metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Scranton metro area has the 316th-highest published median for this occupation among the 390 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Pennsylvania Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for dishwashers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Scranton metro areathis page
$28,100 median for Scranton metro area; middle half earns $21,970 to $30,710
$33,270 median for Philadelphia metro area; middle half earns $30,010 to $36,260
$30,690 median for Allentown metro area; middle half earns $26,100 to $35,570
$30,000 median for Pittsburgh metro area; middle half earns $27,650 to $35,030
$29,700 median for Harrisburg metro area; middle half earns $23,050 to $34,790
$29,590 median for York metro area; middle half earns $22,400 to $33,330
$29,140 median for Lancaster metro area; middle half earns $22,860 to $34,650
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .