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Lackawanna County · Pennsylvania · United States

What trades pay in Lackawanna County

This is what each kind of business actually pays in Lackawanna County. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.

$949 Median weekly pay across these 32 trades. $1,799 — $398.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
Offices of lawyersNAICS 541110 · 141 businesses · 666 employees$1,799$93,574 a year+15.8%up
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 24 businesses · 270 employees$1,689$87,826 a year+6.0%up
Highway, street and bridge constructiongroupNAICS 2373 · 7 businesses · 129 employees$1,538$79,963 a year+13.8%up
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 126 businesses · 1,242 employees$1,401$72,836 a year+0.5%flat
New car dealersNAICS 441110 · 18 businesses · 740 employees$1,361$70,782 a year-2.1%down
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 71 businesses · 562 employees$1,280$66,550 a year+3.2%up
Long-distance truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484121 · 24 businesses · 368 employees$1,273$66,211 a year-0.5%flat
Local truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484110 · 28 businesses · 224 employees$1,268$65,959 a year-1.8%down
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 53 businesses · 329 employees$1,194$62,111 a year+3.2%up
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 86 businesses · 697 employees$1,147$59,652 a year+5.8%up
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 106 businesses · 370 employees$1,137$59,108 a year+3.0%up
Automotive body and paintNAICS 811121 · 31 businesses · 165 employees$1,066$55,411 a year+7.6%up
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 34 businesses · 74 employees$1,031$53,610 a year-9.2%down
Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 33 businesses · 2,006 employees$963$50,054 a year+9.9%up
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 45 businesses · 178 employees$954$49,621 a year-5.7%down
Used car dealersNAICS 441120 · 34 businesses · 171 employees$949$49,357 a year+6.0%up
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 36 businesses · 231 employees$945$49,154 a year-1.8%down
Nursing care facilitiesNAICS 623110 · 18 businesses · 1,906 employees$923$47,995 a year+2.9%up
General automotive repairNAICS 811111 · 58 businesses · 180 employees$887$46,145 a year+7.1%up
Automotive oil change and lubricationNAICS 811191 · 7 businesses · 52 employees$724$37,629 a year+7.6%up
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 68 businesses · 219 employees$722$37,539 a year-15.9%down
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 59 businesses · 684 employees$591$30,714 a year-2.0%down
Tax preparation servicesNAICS 541213 · 28 businesses · 60 employees$591$30,727 a year+14.3%up
Security guards and patrolNAICS 561612 · 6 businesses · 232 employees$555$28,840 a year+6.9%up
Beauty salonsNAICS 812112 · 78 businesses · 413 employees$554$28,829 a year+4.1%up
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 36 businesses · 396 employees$536$27,860 a year+1.3%up
Supermarkets and grocery storesNAICS 445110 · 38 businesses · 2,608 employees$508$26,419 a year+1.6%up
Nail salonsNAICS 812113 · 21 businesses · 101 employees$455$23,671 a year-2.8%down
Convenience storesNAICS 445131 · 43 businesses · 163 employees$430$22,381 a year+2.6%up
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 202 businesses · 3,297 employees$400$20,782 a year+2.0%up
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 181 businesses · 2,264 employees$398$20,678 a year+4.7%up
Barber shopsNAICS 812111 · 6 businesses · 14 employees$398$20,673 a year-3.4%down

What this number is, and what it is not

It is the average of the entire payroll of that kind of business, split across everyone on it: the helper who started yesterday, the twenty-year veteran, and the person running the office. An experienced worker earns more than the average for their line; someone starting out, less.

Rows marked group are groups because the government does not publish plumbing, electrical and HVAC separately at the county level. We would rather say so than invent the breakdown.

Trades where the government hides the pay — because there are few employers and you could tell who we mean — are left out instead of shown as zero.

How the county is doing

Businesses20,180
Employees335,411
Annual payroll$16 M
Net movement of people+370People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Lackawanna County. Same trade, different pay.

Other counties in Pennsylvania

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

For the business owner

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What is the average weekly pay in Lackawanna County?
Across the 32 trades on this page, the middle one pays $949 a week. The highest pays $1,799 and the lowest $398.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Lackawanna County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.
Why is my trade not listed?
The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.