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Stockers and Order Fillers pay in Delaware and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Stockers and Order Fillers is $37,420 per year in Delaware. It is $44,620 per year in Washington. Delaware is 16.1% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-7065 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 7,080 wage and salary jobs in Delaware and 57,370 in Washington. 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
