The Delaware all-occupations median was 2.4% above the U.S. all-occupations median in the same release. Registered Nurses had the largest published employment estimate among the 30 occupation rows shown on this hub, at 14,290.
Among those high-employment rows, Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers had the highest published location quotient at 11.96. A location quotient above 1.00 means a larger share of local employment than the national share; it does not measure job quality or future demand.
Occupation detail
Largest published occupations in Delaware
Sorted by published employment. Open a row for its local distribution, national comparison, and jobs.
Largest published occupation estimates by employment
Six high-employment rows from the bounded area summary. The table below keeps each full title and published field.
Registered Nurses: 14,290 jobs. Retail Salespersons: 13,400 jobs. Fast Food and Counter...: 13,310 jobs. Home Health and Perso...: 11,820 jobs. Cashiers: 11,450 jobs. Janitors and Cleaners...: 9,220 jobs.
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Delaware was 99.8, or 0.2% below the national price level. Its housing index was 102.
National-price-dollar proxy
$52,290
WageScope divides the published all occupations median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Wage period: BLS May 2025. Price period: BEA 2024. The releases describe different periods and are shown separately.
Price level in Delaware; U.S. = 100
U.S. baseline: 100.0. All items: 99.8. Housing: 102.
Read the all-jobs wage, role mix, local job shares, price-level context, and survey limits as separate facts. Every value stays tied to BLS area 10.
Questions, answered
Wage data for Delaware: common questions
What is the all-occupations median wage in Delaware?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published an all-occupations median of $52,190 per year in Delaware. It combines covered wage and salary jobs and is not a median for every individual occupation.
How many wage and salary jobs does BLS estimate in Delaware?
BLS published an all-occupations employment estimate of 484,790 jobs for Delaware. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count.
What is the largest detailed occupation shown for Delaware?
Registered Nurses is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded table on this page, with 14,290 estimated jobs and a published median of $99,520 per year.
Does the Delaware wage data adjust for local prices?
No. BLS wage estimates are nominal. Where an exact BEA Regional Price Parity row exists, WageScope shows that price-level context separately and labels its source period.
From market data to your evidence
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The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the all-occupations median in Delaware at $52,190 per year. This is the middle wage across covered wage and salary jobs in the area. It is not the median for each job title. It is not one worker's pay. Use an occupation page when you need a role-level answer.
BLS lists 484,790 covered jobs in Delaware. The all-occupations mean is $69,880 per year. Mean means add the wage values and split the total by the number of jobs behind the estimate. The median and mean can differ because the local wage mix is not even.
Delaware's $52,190 all-occupations median is 2.4% above the U.S. all-occupations median of $50,980 on the same published median. This is a wage check on the same source period. It does not add local price levels, taxes, hours, benefits, or household needs.
Delaware ranks 19 of 54 among states and territories with a published annual all-occupations median. WageScope keeps the map type the same. It does not place a state, metro, and nonmetro row in one rank. The rank uses the May 2025 BLS median only.
A rank is a place in a sorted list. It is not a score. It does not say a place is good or bad. It does not show the size of the job base. Delaware has 484,790 covered jobs, while another row near it can have a very different count.
The nearby rank rows give context without turning the list into a league table. Small gaps can move a place by several spots. A later BLS release can also change the order. Read the wage gap and the source date beside the rank. Do not use rank alone to make a move.
16. New Hampshire has an all-occupations median of $55,880 per year and 683,290 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Delaware is $3,690.
17. Virginia has an all-occupations median of $55,690 per year and 4,109,320 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Delaware is $3,500.
18. North Dakota has an all-occupations median of $52,480 per year and 429,430 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Delaware is $290.
20. Illinois has an all-occupations median of $51,960 per year and 6,098,130 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Delaware is $230.
21. Maine has an all-occupations median of $51,430 per year and 640,610 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Delaware is $760.
22. Wisconsin has an all-occupations median of $50,270 per year and 2,941,540 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Delaware is $1,920.
The largest detailed occupations shown for Delaware
The role list is sorted by the BLS employment estimate. It shows detailed occupations from the bounded source table for Delaware. The first row, Registered Nurses, has 14,290 estimated jobs. Its median is $99,520 per year.
Large roles shape the all-occupations wage mix, but they do not set it by themselves. A role with many jobs and a lower wage can pull the middle one way. A smaller role with a higher wage can move the mean. The all-occupations row is based on the whole covered job mix, not just the occupations shown in this bounded list.
Employment here means wage and salary jobs in the BLS survey scope. It does not mean people looking for work. It does not mean openings. It does not show how fast a role is changing. Use the current job cards only to inspect dated employer-title matches. Keep that view apart from this May 2025 job count.
1. Registered Nurses has 14,290 estimated jobs in Delaware. Its published median is $99,520 per year. Its location quotient is 1.36.
2. Retail Salespersons has 13,400 estimated jobs in Delaware. Its published median is $35,360 per year. Its location quotient is 1.1.
3. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 13,310 estimated jobs in Delaware. Its published median is $31,300 per year. Its location quotient is 1.11.
Role pay range
How published medians differ inside Delaware
The detailed roles shown for Delaware do not share one pay level. General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in this bounded role set, at $137,220 per year. That does not make it the highest-paid role in every job or in every part of the area.
The list keeps each official SOC title tied to its own wage row. It does not blend fields, levels, or job posts. A role median can be above the $52,190 all-occupations median even when the role has few jobs. A large role can sit below that mark. Pay and job count answer different questions.
Use a role's own WageScope page before you compare places. That page shows the national spread, the same SOC code across areas, and the source limits. The area list is a starting map. It is not enough to set a pay target for one person or one listing.
1. General and Operations Managers has a published median of $137,220 per year in Delaware. BLS lists 5,000 jobs. Its local share is 0.46 times the national share.
2. Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists has a published median of $101,270 per year in Delaware. BLS lists 3,570 jobs. Its local share is 1.27 times the national share.
3. Registered Nurses has a published median of $99,520 per year in Delaware. BLS lists 14,290 jobs. Its local share is 1.36 times the national share.
Local share
Roles with a larger local share in Delaware
Location quotient compares a role's share of jobs in Delaware with that role's share across the nation. A value of 1 means the shares match. A value above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs. A value below 1 means the share is smaller. The value does not show growth or open jobs.
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers has the highest published location quotient in this bounded set, at 11.96. The same row has 5,430 jobs and a median of $35,500 per year. Read all three fields together.
A high share can appear in a small job base. A large job count can appear with a share near 1. A high median can appear in either case. The three measures are not a single score. They help you ask three clear questions: how many jobs, how common the role is in the local mix, and what wage BLS published.
1. Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers has a location quotient of 11.96 in Delaware. BLS lists 5,430 jobs and a median of $35,500 per year.
2. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators has a location quotient of 2.17 in Delaware. BLS lists 5,230 jobs and a median of $60,350 per year.
3. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a location quotient of 1.61 in Delaware. BLS lists 5,360 jobs and a median of $77,960 per year.
Separate price view
What the BEA price level adds for Delaware
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Delaware is 99.8. The U.S. level is 100. The local all-items level is 0.2% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
The housing index is 102.0. The goods index is 96.2. Utilities are 103.8. Other services are 101.2. These parts can move in different ways. The all-items number joins them with BEA's method; WageScope does not pick its own weights.
The BLS wage period is May 2025. The BEA price period is 2024. WageScope shows both dates because the clocks differ. It can divide a wage by the all-items index for a clear national-price-dollar proxy. It does not call that result take-home pay, spending power for one home, or a place score.
The all-occupations employment RSE for Delaware is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.5%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not an error bar for one person's wage.
The employment RSE belongs to the 484,790 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the all-occupations mean. WageScope does not attach either field to a detailed role, the median, or a percentile. Each role row has its own published care marks when BLS supplies them.
Some BLS values are blank or top coded. Blank does not mean zero. A top code means the value is at least the shown bound. WageScope keeps those states in the role pages and tables. It does not fill a missing value from a peer role, past year, or nearby place.
Start with the role that matches the work you mean. Official titles can sound broad. Open the role page and check its SOC code. Then compare the Delaware row with the U.S. row on the same annual or hourly metric. Read the job count and location quotient beside the wage. Add the BEA price level only when the exact row is present.
Next, look at the wage spread. The median shows the middle. The 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentiles show more of the range. A posted job range can be compared with those marks as context, but it stays employer evidence. It never becomes part of the BLS estimate.
If the role-place row is missing, use the national role page or choose another official area. Do not guess. A clean missing state is more useful than a made-up number. It tells you what the source can and cannot answer.
The area page does not treat every local job as the same. Choose an occupation first. WageScope can then use a strict employer-title match for that role. A place filter is used only when the BLS area has an exact approved match in the public place list. If that match is not safe, the page says so.
Each shown job keeps the employer, place, source, and seen date. The cards can change as the public catalog changes. They do not count toward this page's stable content gate. They do not change Delaware's $52,190 all-occupations median. They do not prove that the employer uses the BLS title.
Open a listing before you tailor. Use facts from your own work that you can support. A wage value is not a skill, result, or duty. MeritLog can help shape confirmed work for the listing you chose. The public area page does not save the role, listing, place, or résumé on load.
The page does not say what one person in Delaware earns. It does not promise a wage, job, move, or result. It does not call the all-occupations median a role wage. It does not turn rank 19 of 54 into a place score. It does not say why wages differ.
The BLS job count leaves out people who work for themselves and other work outside the survey scope. The current job cards are a separate set of public listings. Neither source shows all work. Neither source tells you the chance of getting hired. A missing value stays missing.
Use the page for a narrow task. See the May 2025 local wage picture. Choose one official occupation. Compare the same field across like places. Add the separate 2024 price level when it exists. Read a current employer-title match. Then make a résumé choice from work facts you have confirmed.
Are MeritLog job listings part of the government wage estimate?
No. Eligible live listings remain separate from BLS statistics. Their locations and posted pay do not change the official area or occupation rows.
4. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 11,820 estimated jobs in Delaware. Its published median is $34,320 per year. Its location quotient is 0.88.
5. Cashiers has 11,450 estimated jobs in Delaware. Its published median is $33,490 per year. Its location quotient is 1.19.
6. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has 9,220 estimated jobs in Delaware. Its published median is $35,320 per year. Its location quotient is 1.34.
7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 9,040 estimated jobs in Delaware. Its published median is $57,590 per year. Its location quotient is 1.41.
8. Waiters and Waitresses has 7,580 estimated jobs in Delaware. Its published median is $36,880 per year. Its location quotient is 1.07.
4. Management Analysts has a published median of $99,480 per year in Delaware. BLS lists 4,120 jobs. Its local share is 1.47 times the national share.
5. Accountants and Auditors has a published median of $95,020 per year in Delaware. BLS lists 6,570 jobs. Its local share is 1.45 times the national share.
6. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a published median of $77,960 per year in Delaware. BLS lists 5,360 jobs. Its local share is 1.61 times the national share.
7. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a published median of $75,220 per year in Delaware. BLS lists 5,480 jobs. Its local share is 1.22 times the national share.
8. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators has a published median of $60,350 per year in Delaware. BLS lists 5,230 jobs. Its local share is 2.17 times the national share.
4. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 1.51 in Delaware. BLS lists 4,510 jobs and a median of $44,500 per year.
5. Management Analysts has a location quotient of 1.47 in Delaware. BLS lists 4,120 jobs and a median of $99,480 per year.
6. Accountants and Auditors has a location quotient of 1.45 in Delaware. BLS lists 6,570 jobs and a median of $95,020 per year.
7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.41 in Delaware. BLS lists 9,040 jobs and a median of $57,590 per year.
8. Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers has a location quotient of 1.39 in Delaware. BLS lists 4,130 jobs and a median of $37,350 per year.
Precise employer-title matches for Registered Nurses in Delaware
Filtered through MeritLog's approved Delaware place record and a strict employer-title rule. Listings are not classified by BLS and remain separate from BLS and BEA estimates.
