Scranton Jobs

The City of Scranton is the county seat of Lackawanna County in Northeastern Pennsylvania, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 76,415 . After Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, Upper Darby, and Reading, Scranton is Pennsylvania's seventh most populous municipality. Scranton is the geographic and cultural center of the Lackawanna River valley. It is the largest city located in a contiguous quilt-work of former anthracite coal mining communities including the smaller cities of Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Forest City, and Carbondale. Scranton was incorporated as a borough on February 14, 1856 and as a city on April 23, 1866.

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Among the most common occupations in Scranton are Sales and office occupations, 30%. Management, professional, and related occupations, 22%. and Service occupations, 19%. Approximately 81 percent of workers in Scranton, Pennsylvania work for companies, 8 percent work for the government and 4 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Scranton Jobs are for home health aide jobs, physical therapist jobs, teller jobs, occupational therapist jobs, licensed practical nurse jobs and physical therapy jobs.

The leading industries in Scranton, Pennsylvania are Educational services, and health care, and social assistance, 22%; Retail trade, 17%; and Manufacturing, 10%. Simply Hired's Scranton job listings indicate that the following industries in Scranton are hiring the most workers: Hospitals, Home Health Care, Catering Services, Food Service Contractors and Residential Care.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Scranton, Pennsylvania is $28,706, and the median income of households in Scranton was $28,282.

Scranton has an unemployment rate of 7.3%, compared the national average of 6.9%.

According to our Scranton Trends data, the number of Scranton, Pennsylvania jobs has decreased by 8% since March 2008.

Population of Scranton Total population 67,314 Male 48.69% Female 51.31% Median age 38.0     Scranton Housing Owner-occupied homes 52.2% Median cost of a home $91,100 Median mortgage payment $561 Renter-occupied homes 47.8% Vacant housing 12.9% Median monthly rent $536     Average Income Median for all workers $19,804 Median for all male full-time $32,159 Median for all female full-time $25,253     Household Income Less than $10,000 10% $10,000 to $14,999 15% $15,000 to $24,999 21% $25,000 to $34,999 13% $35,000 to $49,999 15% $50,000 to $74,999 16% $75,000 to $99,999 6% $100,000 to $149,999 2% $150,000 to $199,999 1% $200,000 or more 1%

Education Less than 9th grade 5% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 14% High school graduate 38% Some college, no degree 16% Associate's degree 6% Bachelor's degree 14% Graduate degree 6%     Marital Status Never married 35% Currently married 42% Separated 3% Widowed 11% Divorced 9%     Race White 93% Black or African American 3% Asian 2% Other 2%     Scranton Commute Carpool 15.0% Public transportation 2.0% Average travel time 17 minutes

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