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Transportation Security Screeners pay in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ and Amarillo, TX
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Transportation Security Screeners is $79,210 per year in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ. It is $63,130 per year in Amarillo, TX. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ is 25.5% above Amarillo, TX on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 33-9093 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 50 wage and salary jobs in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ and 40 in Amarillo, TX. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings