Jobs in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ area: pay, hiring and remote work
The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area has 212 open job postings from 64 employers in our data. 12.5% list a pay range, the median posted pay is – a year, 1.9% are remote and 23.1% have been open more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
12.5% of open job postings list a pay range, 83rd of 99 metro areas.
After adjusting for local prices, the typical worker's official median wage ($49,000) is worth $49,000 in average-US dollars, 78th of 99 metro areas.
23.1% of open postings have been listed for more than 60 days (median 16 days), 77th highest of 99 metro areas.
1.9% of postings are remote, 76th highest of 99 metro areas.
14.2% of postings are entry-level, 36th of 99 metro areas.
Allentown compared with similar-sized metro areas: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
212open postings from 64 employers
12.5%list a pay range
–median posted pay
1.9%remote
4.3%unemployment rate, 2026-08 (BLS)
$49,000official median wage for all jobs, May 2025 (BLS)
14.2%entry-level postings
The metro area's unemployment rate was 4.3% in 2026-08 (5.5% a year earlier) (BLS, not seasonally adjusted). Across Pennsylvania, employers had 235,000 job openings in 2025-12, an openings rate of 3.7% (BLS JOLTS). Indeed's own measure of job postings in the metro area is 2.3% above its February 2020 level and 5.9% higher than a year ago (Indeed Hiring Lab, 2026-10-02).
City by city inside the metro area
Place
Postings
Employers
Pay listed
Median posted pay
Allentown, PA
88
34
18.6%
–
Bethlehem, PA
41
13
n/a
–
Easton, PA
38
8
n/a
–
Places with at least 15 postings from 3 employers. Shading shows where median posted pay is higher. Pay figures need 8 postings with pay.
23 federal job announcements open to the public list Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $112,500. Agencies hiring most: Federal Aviation Administration (17), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (2), Drug Enforcement Administration (1), Internal Revenue Service (1), U.S. Marshals Service (1). Source: USAJOBS, 2026-10-10.
What your paycheck buys here
Prices in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ area run 0% below the national average, and housing runs 6% above it. The official median wage for all jobs is $49,000, which is worth $49,000 in average-US dollars.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
A posting that lists several places counts once in the metro. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's 2023 definitions. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in the area. Methodology · All metro areas (CSV)
