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Industrial Production Managers pay in Delaware and Tennessee
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Industrial Production Managers is $153,000 per year in Delaware. It is $119,430 per year in Tennessee. Delaware is 28.1% above Tennessee on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-3051 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 370 wage and salary jobs in Delaware and 6,310 in Tennessee. 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