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Locksmiths and Safe Repairers pay in Delaware and District of Columbia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Locksmiths and Safe Repairers is $63,640 per year in Delaware. It is $76,740 per year in District of Columbia. Delaware is 17.1% below District of Columbia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-9094 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 Delaware and Not published in District of Columbia. 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