A same-metric difference from the U.S. median is unavailable for this row. The row could not be ranked because the matching median was unavailable. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
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
Not available
WageScope divides the published Locomotive Engineers 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.
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 53-4011 and BLS area 10.
Questions, answered
Locomotive Engineers pay in Delaware: common questions
What is the median wage for Locomotive Engineers in Delaware?
BLS did not publish a median for Locomotive Engineers in Delaware in the May 2025 OEWS release. WageScope does not substitute or infer the missing wage.
Is Locomotive Engineers pay higher in Delaware than nationally?
BLS did not publish the same median metric needed to compare Delaware with the United States.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Delaware?
No wage price proxy is available because BLS did not publish an exact local median. A top-coded bound is not an exact wage input. A BEA price index, when available, describes prices separately and cannot fill that wage gap.
How many Locomotive Engineers jobs does BLS estimate in Delaware?
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What the Locomotive Engineers median says in Delaware
BLS did not publish an exact median for Locomotive Engineers in Delaware in the May 2025 OEWS release. The source display is Not published. WageScope does not borrow the U.S. wage, use a nearby place, or turn this gap into zero. The row stays tied to SOC 53-4011 and BLS area 10.
BLS lists 290 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate, not a count of open posts. The mean display is Not published. A mean and a median are separate fields; one does not fill a gap in the other.
A local-to-national median gap cannot be computed from this row. The national source belongs to the United States and does not become Delaware's wage. Any published percentile or job-count field below keeps its own scope, period, and source key.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 53-4011 and area 10. SOC 53-4011 names Locomotive Engineers. Area 10 names Delaware. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 53-4011/10 row reports 290 wage and salary jobs, 0.59 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 2.73 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 53-4011/10, the annual median is Not published, while the matching mean is Not published. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
53-4011/10 10th percentile: Not published.
53-4011/10 25th percentile: Not published.
53-4011/10 median: Not published.
53-4011/10 75th percentile: Not published.
53-4011/10 90th percentile: Not published.
53-4011/10 employment RSE: 0.7%. Mean-wage RSE: Not published.
53-4011/10 suppression marks: annualMean: not available, annualMedian: not available, annualP10: not available, annualP25: not available, annualP75: not available, annualP90: not available, hourlyMean: not available, hourlyMedian: not available, hourlyP10: not available, hourlyP25: not available, hourlyP75: not available, hourlyP90: not available, meanRse: not available.
BLS area 10 facts behind this Locomotive Engineers page
Area 10 reports 484,790 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $69,880. Its annual median is $52,190. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.5%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 53-4011 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Delaware runs from $31,650 at the 10th percentile to $127,690 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $37,300. The median is $52,190. The 75th percentile is $81,560. This is a place check, not a pay range for Locomotive Engineers.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 10. They do not show related skills or a path into Locomotive Engineers.
1. Area 10, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 14,290 jobs, $99,520 annual median, 29.48 jobs per 1,000, and 1.36 location quotient.
2. Area 10, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 13,400 jobs, $35,360 annual median, 27.63 jobs per 1,000, and 1.1 location quotient.
3. Area 10, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 13,310 jobs, $31,300 annual median, 27.45 jobs per 1,000, and 1.11 location quotient.
4. Area 10, SOC 31-1120, Home Health and Personal Care Aides: 11,820 jobs, $34,320 annual median, 24.38 jobs per 1,000, and 0.88 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Delaware wage ladder for Locomotive Engineers
The 10th percentile is Not published. The 25th percentile is Not published. The median is Not published. The 75th percentile is Not published. The 90th percentile is Not published.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from Not published to Not published. The 10th-to-90th span is not available. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Delaware has a annual median of Not published. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $81,410 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Delaware. Delaware cannot be compared with the United States on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Delaware has no exact published median that can enter this Locomotive Engineers pay rank. WageScope leaves the rank open. It does not treat a missing or top-coded value as an exact amount, and it does not place this row at the bottom of a list.
Other states and territories may have exact medians in the same release. Those rows can be read on their own pages. They cannot establish a wage or a nearest wage neighbor for Delaware without the missing local field.
Employment and local share remain separate source fields for SOC 53-4011. Neither field is a substitute for median pay. A job count does not say where a wage would rank, and a share measure does not set a pay floor or ceiling.
Where Locomotive Engineers medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 53-4011, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. New York has the highest published median in this set, at $109,220 per year. Delaware sits at Not published.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Locomotive Engineers is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. New York has a Locomotive Engineers median of $109,220 per year, or not available. BLS lists 1,510 jobs there, compared with 290 in Delaware. The location quotient is 0.72.
2. Massachusetts has a Locomotive Engineers median of $108,790 per year, or not available. BLS lists 640 jobs there, compared with 290 in Delaware. The location quotient is 0.82.
3. Mississippi has a Locomotive Engineers median of $96,710 per year, or not available. BLS lists 300 jobs there, compared with 290 in Delaware. The location quotient is 1.19.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Locomotive Engineers jobs
Texas has the largest published state job estimate for Locomotive Engineers in this same-source set, at 3,780 jobs. Delaware has 290. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. Texas has 3,780 estimated Locomotive Engineers jobs, a gap of 3,490 jobs from Delaware. Its median is $79,000 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.25.
2. Illinois has 2,340 estimated Locomotive Engineers jobs, a gap of 2,050 jobs from Delaware. Its median is $93,320 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.79.
3. California has 1,570 estimated Locomotive Engineers jobs, a gap of 1,280 jobs from Delaware. Its median is $77,070 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.4.
Local-share leaders
Where Locomotive Engineers takes the largest share of local jobs
Montana has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 4.31. Delaware has 2.73. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Locomotive Engineers is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Montana has a location quotient of 4.31, a gap of 1.58 from Delaware. BLS lists 470 Locomotive Engineers jobs and a median of $90,220 per year, or not available.
2. Kansas has a location quotient of 3.31, a gap of 0.58 from Delaware. BLS lists 1,020 Locomotive Engineers jobs and a median of $75,190 per year, or not available.
3. Iowa has a location quotient of 2.98, a gap of 0.25 from Delaware. BLS lists 1,000 Locomotive Engineers jobs and a median of $89,970 per year, or not available.
Job scale and share
How common Locomotive Engineers is in Delaware
BLS lists 290 Locomotive Engineers jobs in Delaware. It also lists 0.59 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 2.73. A value of 1 means Locomotive Engineers has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Locomotive Engineers beside other roles in Delaware
The all-occupations median in Delaware is $52,190 per year. It covers the full local job mix and does not replace the missing exact Locomotive Engineers median. WageScope cannot calculate a same-unit wage gap from the role to that broader row.
No nearest-pay role list is shown for this row. Such a list needs an exact local median in the same wage unit. A title, employment count, or national wage cannot supply that missing input.
Other roles in Delaware still have their own source pages. Use those pages for their own official estimates, with each SOC code and period intact. Do not infer common tasks, skills, career paths, or pay for Locomotive Engineers from another role's number.
Registered Nurses is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Delaware table, at 14,290 jobs. Locomotive Engineers has 290 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 484,790. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Locomotive Engineers's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Registered Nurses has 14,290 jobs in Delaware, a gap of 14,000 from Locomotive Engineers. Its median is $99,520 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.36.
2. Retail Salespersons has 13,400 jobs in Delaware, a gap of 13,110 from Locomotive Engineers. Its median is $35,360 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.1.
3. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 13,310 jobs in Delaware, a gap of 13,020 from Locomotive Engineers. Its median is $31,300 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.11.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Delaware
General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Delaware role table, at $137,220 per year. Locomotive Engineers has Not published. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $52,190 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. General and Operations Managers has a median of $137,220 per year in Delaware, or not available. BLS lists 5,000 jobs, compared with 290 for Locomotive Engineers. Its location quotient is 0.46.
2. Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists has a median of $101,270 per year in Delaware, or not available. BLS lists 3,570 jobs, compared with 290 for Locomotive Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.27.
3. Registered Nurses has a median of $99,520 per year in Delaware, or not available. BLS lists 14,290 jobs, compared with 290 for Locomotive Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.36.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Delaware
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers has the highest location quotient in the bounded Delaware role table, at 11.96. Locomotive Engineers has 2.73. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Locomotive Engineers with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers has a location quotient of 11.96 in Delaware, a gap of 9.23 from Locomotive Engineers. BLS lists 5,430 jobs and a median of $35,500 per year, or not available.
2. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators has a location quotient of 2.17 in Delaware, a gap of 0.56 from Locomotive Engineers. BLS lists 5,230 jobs and a median of $60,350 per year, or not available.
3. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a location quotient of 1.61 in Delaware, a gap of 1.12 from Locomotive Engineers. BLS lists 5,360 jobs and a median of $77,960 per year, or not available.
Price-level view
Why a wage price proxy is unavailable in Delaware
No national-price-dollar wage proxy is available for Locomotive Engineers in Delaware because BLS did not publish the exact median needed for that math. A missing or top-coded median is not zero and is not an exact wage input.
BEA separately published a 2024 all-items price index of 99.8 for Delaware. The U.S. level is 100. This source can describe broad local prices, but it cannot supply the missing BLS wage for SOC 53-4011.
A price-level wage calculation needs a published wage in the correct unit and an exact reviewed price-area match. Until both inputs exist, WageScope leaves that answer open. Published employment, source dates, and wage-status fields remain useful on their own without an inferred spending-power claim.
The employment RSE for this Locomotive Engineers row is 0.7%. The mean-wage RSE is Not published. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 290 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the Not published mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Locomotive Engineers. It uses a Delaware place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Job cards can change without changing this guide. They do not count toward the 1,500-word content floor. A listing range does not replace the Not published BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Locomotive Engineers row for Delaware does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 290 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 2.73 is not a growth score. The unranked row is not a place score. The 99.8 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 53-4011 in BLS area 10. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
BLS published an employment estimate of 290 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
5. Area 10, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 11,450 jobs, $33,490 annual median, 23.61 jobs per 1,000, and 1.19 location quotient.
6. Area 10, SOC 37-2011, Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners: 9,220 jobs, $35,320 annual median, 19.02 jobs per 1,000, and 1.34 location quotient.
4. Minnesota has a Locomotive Engineers median of $93,700 per year, or not available. BLS lists 990 jobs there, compared with 290 in Delaware. The location quotient is 1.56.
5. Illinois has a Locomotive Engineers median of $93,320 per year, or not available. BLS lists 2,340 jobs there, compared with 290 in Delaware. The location quotient is 1.79.
6. Indiana has a Locomotive Engineers median of $92,790 per year, or not available. BLS lists 1,030 jobs there, compared with 290 in Delaware. The location quotient is 1.49.
7. Florida has a Locomotive Engineers median of $92,310 per year, or not available. BLS lists 350 jobs there, compared with 290 in Delaware. The location quotient is 0.16.
8. Oklahoma has a Locomotive Engineers median of $91,970 per year, or not available. BLS lists 260 jobs there, compared with 290 in Delaware. The location quotient is 0.72.
4. New York has 1,510 estimated Locomotive Engineers jobs, a gap of 1,220 jobs from Delaware. Its median is $109,220 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.72.
5. Pennsylvania has 1,430 estimated Locomotive Engineers jobs, a gap of 1,140 jobs from Delaware. Its median is $82,460 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.1.
6. Washington has 1,120 estimated Locomotive Engineers jobs, a gap of 830 jobs from Delaware. Its median is $73,750 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.47.
7. Missouri has 1,110 estimated Locomotive Engineers jobs, a gap of 820 jobs from Delaware. Its median is $78,820 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.76.
8. Indiana has 1,030 estimated Locomotive Engineers jobs, a gap of 740 jobs from Delaware. Its median is $92,790 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.49.
4. New Mexico has a location quotient of 2.36, a gap of 0.37 from Delaware. BLS lists 440 Locomotive Engineers jobs and a median of $88,330 per year, or not available.
5. West Virginia has a location quotient of 2.23, a gap of 0.50 from Delaware. BLS lists 340 Locomotive Engineers jobs and a median of $64,400 per year, or not available.
6. Arkansas has a location quotient of 2.19, a gap of 0.54 from Delaware. BLS lists 620 Locomotive Engineers jobs and a median of $78,930 per year, or not available.
7. Illinois has a location quotient of 1.79, a gap of 0.94 from Delaware. BLS lists 2,340 Locomotive Engineers jobs and a median of $93,320 per year, or not available.
8. Missouri has a location quotient of 1.76, a gap of 0.97 from Delaware. BLS lists 1,110 Locomotive Engineers jobs and a median of $78,820 per year, or not available.
4. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 11,820 jobs in Delaware, a gap of 11,530 from Locomotive Engineers. Its median is $34,320 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.88.
5. Cashiers has 11,450 jobs in Delaware, a gap of 11,160 from Locomotive Engineers. Its median is $33,490 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.19.
6. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has 9,220 jobs in Delaware, a gap of 8,930 from Locomotive Engineers. Its median is $35,320 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.34.
7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 9,040 jobs in Delaware, a gap of 8,750 from Locomotive Engineers. Its median is $57,590 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.41.
8. Waiters and Waitresses has 7,580 jobs in Delaware, a gap of 7,290 from Locomotive Engineers. Its median is $36,880 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.07.
4. Management Analysts has a median of $99,480 per year in Delaware, or not available. BLS lists 4,120 jobs, compared with 290 for Locomotive Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.47.
5. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $95,020 per year in Delaware, or not available. BLS lists 6,570 jobs, compared with 290 for Locomotive Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.45.
6. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $77,960 per year in Delaware, or not available. BLS lists 5,360 jobs, compared with 290 for Locomotive Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.61.
7. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $75,220 per year in Delaware, or not available. BLS lists 5,480 jobs, compared with 290 for Locomotive Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.22.
8. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators has a median of $60,350 per year in Delaware, or not available. BLS lists 5,230 jobs, compared with 290 for Locomotive Engineers. Its location quotient is 2.17.
4. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 1.51 in Delaware, a gap of 1.22 from Locomotive Engineers. BLS lists 4,510 jobs and a median of $44,500 per year, or not available.
5. Management Analysts has a location quotient of 1.47 in Delaware, a gap of 1.26 from Locomotive Engineers. BLS lists 4,120 jobs and a median of $99,480 per year, or not available.
6. Accountants and Auditors has a location quotient of 1.45 in Delaware, a gap of 1.28 from Locomotive Engineers. BLS lists 6,570 jobs and a median of $95,020 per year, or not available.
7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.41 in Delaware, a gap of 1.32 from Locomotive Engineers. BLS lists 9,040 jobs and a median of $57,590 per year, or not available.
8. Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers has a location quotient of 1.39 in Delaware, a gap of 1.34 from Locomotive Engineers. BLS lists 4,130 jobs and a median of $37,350 per year, or not available.
Precise employer-title matches for Locomotive Engineers 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.
