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Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers · SOC 23-2093

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers Salary in the Scranton Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro area

Figures describe the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Scranton city limits.

Median annual wage$53,230
Median hourly wage$25.59

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro area earned a median of $53,230 per year ($25.59 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $39,690 at the 10th percentile to $83,960 at the 90th. BLS estimates 70 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers in the Scranton metro area earn more than $53,230 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $46,230 and $65,610.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$39,690$46,230$53,230$65,610$83,960
Hourly$19.08$22.22$25.59$31.54$40.37

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.

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How this area compares

  • Scranton metro areathis metro area
    $53,230
  • Pennsylvaniastate (PA)
    $52,220
  • United Statesnational
    $58,650

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +2% vs Pennsylvania overall and −9% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$34,360$60,380$86,400$112,420College Station-Bryan, TX — $34,360Baton Rouge, LA — $37,600Hot Springs, AR — $41,680San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $44,570Enid, OK — $45,090Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $45,160Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $45,670Fort Smith, AR-OK — $46,550Springfield, IL — $46,600Jackson, MS — $47,060Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $47,180Youngstown-Warren, OH — $47,350Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $47,400Evansville, IN — $47,670El Paso, TX — $47,970Abilene, TX — $48,060Lawton, OK — $48,380McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $48,380Knoxville, TN — $48,620Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $48,660Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $48,770Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $48,980Pittsburgh, PA — $49,040Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $49,170Springfield, MO — $49,190Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $49,330Canton-Massillon, OH — $49,360Corpus Christi, TX — $49,440Reading, PA — $49,650Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $49,670Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $49,680Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $49,810Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $49,820Roanoke, VA — $49,830Lincoln, NE — $49,920Lubbock, TX — $49,930Lynchburg, VA — $50,060Green Bay, WI — $50,390Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $50,500Tallahassee, FL — $50,540Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $50,720Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $50,790Gainesville, FL — $50,820Columbia, SC — $50,920Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $51,030Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $51,170Cleveland, OH — $51,190Ann Arbor, MI — $51,270Omaha, NE-IA — $51,300Madison, WI — $51,400South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $51,420St. Louis, MO-IL — $51,690Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $51,740Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $52,000Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $52,130Flint, MI — $52,280Toledo, OH — $52,780Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $52,990Longview, TX — $53,200Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $53,230Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $53,350Richmond, VA — $53,480Tucson, AZ — $53,820Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $54,760Peoria, IL — $54,980Las Cruces, NM — $55,780San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $55,870Kansas City, MO-KS — $55,940Portland-South Portland, ME — $56,380Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $56,490Amarillo, TX — $56,620Manchester-Nashua, NH — $56,620Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $56,710Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $56,780Chattanooga, TN-GA — $56,790Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $56,880North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $56,900Lexington-Fayette, KY — $57,150Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $57,360Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $57,490Waco, TX — $57,630Rochester, NY — $57,730Syracuse, NY — $57,820Oklahoma City, OK — $58,140Jacksonville, FL — $58,290Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $58,300Tulsa, OK — $58,520Rapid City, SD — $58,680Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $58,780Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $58,980Ocala, FL — $59,040Akron, OH — $59,080Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $59,130Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $59,320Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $59,340Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $59,360Tyler, TX — $59,390Idaho Falls, ID — $59,470Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $59,500Charlottesville, VA — $59,570Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $59,710Albuquerque, NM — $59,820Birmingham, AL — $59,870Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $60,090Ogden, UT — $60,180Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $60,210Missoula, MT — $60,320Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $60,360Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $60,480Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $60,630Naples-Marco Island, FL — $60,720Columbus, OH — $60,970St. George, UT — $60,980Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $61,170Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $61,460New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $61,500Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $61,510Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $61,530Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $61,570Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $62,020Boise City, ID — $62,250Fargo, ND-MN — $62,410Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $62,990Lancaster, PA — $63,050Cheyenne, WY — $63,130New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $63,400Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $63,440Huntsville, AL — $63,450Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $63,470Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $63,500Coeur d'Alene, ID — $63,690Santa Fe, NM — $63,790Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $64,380Fresno, CA — $65,230Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $66,620Kennewick-Richland, WA — $67,080Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $67,570Wheeling, WV-OH — $67,870San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $68,140Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $68,400Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $70,300Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $71,050Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $71,310Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $73,960Colorado Springs, CO — $74,880Boulder, CO — $75,230Medford, OR — $75,560Anchorage, AK — $75,970San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $76,460Eugene-Springfield, OR — $76,580Reno, NV — $76,690Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $76,970Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $77,360Greeley, CO — $78,070Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $78,400Charleston, WV — $78,530Morgantown, WV — $79,030Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $79,630Salem, OR — $80,490Vallejo, CA — $85,950San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $94,710Midland, TX — $112,420

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 103rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 162 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 title examiners, abstractors, and searchers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Scranton metro areathis page
    $53,230
  • Lancaster metro area
    $63,050
  • Philadelphia metro area
    $56,490
  • Reading metro area
    $49,650
  • Harrisburg metro area
    $49,170
  • Pittsburgh metro area
    $49,040
  • Allentown metro area
    $48,980

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Lawyers$100,420Paralegals and Legal Assistants$57,600Judicial Law Clerks$48,880Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers$109,470Legal Support Workers, All Other$62,690

Highest-paying metro areas for title examiners, abstractors, and searcherss · Highest-paying occupations in Scranton Metro

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.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.