Entry-level Internal Medicine Physician salary in Scranton, PA

Based on 21 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Wilkes Barre, Wilkes-Barre.

Also listed as: Internist

Median salary$70,519
Middle 50%$70.5k–$234.3k
vs. all levels here+0%comparison median $70,519
Filings21FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $65,603 and $241,958.
PercentileSalary
10th$65,603
25th$70,519
50th (median)$70,519
75th$234,273
90th$234,273

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $160k $260k FY2022: median $240,000 (12 filings) FY2024: median $234,273 (13 filings) FY2025: median $70,519 (16 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 6 filings FY20 FY2021: 7 filings FY21 FY2022: 12 filings FY22 FY2023: 8 filings FY23 FY2024: 13 filings FY24 FY2025: 16 filings FY25 FY2026: 5 filings FY26 16
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––6
FY2021–––7
FY2022$240,000$195,865$250,00012
FY2023–––8
FY2024$234,273$68,307$250,00013
FY2025$70,519$69,290$234,27116
FY2026–––5

Cost of living

Scranton's median entry-level Internal Medicine Physician salary of $70,519 is worth about $75,400 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Scranton = 93.6).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center$70,51912
Geisinger Clinictoo few9

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $70,519 21
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$63,918$70,51921

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.