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title: "Average Salary in Delaware"
description: "Mean $69,880, median $52,190 in Delaware (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/delaware"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
---

# Average salary in Delaware

Mean annual wage $69,880, median $52,190 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $52,290 (rank 27 of 51 by that measure; rank 19 nominal).

| Percentile | Delaware | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $31,650 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $37,300 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $52,190 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $81,560 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $127,690 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 99.8 |
| Housing (rents) | 102.0 |
| Goods | 96.2 |
| Utilities | 103.8 |
| Other services | 101.2 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Management | $148,150 | 25,020 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $113,600 | 14,490 |
| Architecture and Engineering | $99,930 | 5,580 |
| Legal | $98,900 | 6,150 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $97,270 | 36,200 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $93,400 | 38,770 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $84,180 | 6,150 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $61,670 | 28,470 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $61,480 | 16,300 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $59,910 | 4,030 |
| Construction and Extraction | $59,360 | 18,650 |
| Community and Social Service | $58,610 | 9,090 |
| Protective Service | $51,540 | 10,450 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $48,330 | 60,820 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $46,190 | 42,670 |
| Production | $39,860 | 19,030 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $39,850 | 870 |
| Healthcare Support | $37,860 | 24,030 |
| Sales | $37,520 | 43,920 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $36,420 | 16,850 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $35,720 | 45,960 |
| Personal Care and Service | $34,530 | 11,260 |

## Most common jobs

- [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse): 14,290 workers
- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson): 13,400 workers
- [Fast Food and Counter Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-worker): 13,310 workers
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier): 11,450 workers
- [Janitor and Cleaner, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners](https://nuecareer.com/careers/janitor-and-cleaner): 9,220 workers
- [Truck Driver](https://nuecareer.com/careers/truck-driver): 9,040 workers
- [Server](https://nuecareer.com/careers/server): 7,580 workers
- [Customer Service Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/customer-service-representative): 7,470 workers
- [Office Clerk, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/office-clerk-general): 7,230 workers
- [Stocker and Order Filler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stocker-and-order-filler): 7,080 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $297,470 median
- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $228,000 median
- [Financial Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-manager): $181,580 median
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $181,190 median
- [Lawyer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lawyer): $173,510 median
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $168,500 median
- [Regulatory Affairs Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/regulatory-affairs-manager): $168,060 median
- [Human Resources Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/human-resources-manager): $153,890 median
- [Pharmacist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pharmacist): $152,880 median
- [Computer Network Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-network-architect): $148,390 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutter and Trimmer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/meat-poultry-and-fish-cutter-and-trimmer): 11.96x the national share
- [Financial Risk Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-risk-specialist): 5.83x the national share
- [Chemist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chemist): 4.65x the national share
- [Financial Quantitative Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-quantitative-analyst): 3.24x the national share
- [Chemical Equipment Operator and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chemical-equipment-operator-and-tender): 2.66x the national share
- [Special Education Teacher, Secondary School](https://nuecareer.com/careers/special-education-teacher-secondary-school): 2.27x the national share
- [Industrial Truck and Tractor Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/industrial-truck-and-tractor-operator): 2.17x the national share
- [Paralegal](https://nuecareer.com/careers/paralegal): 2.03x the national share
- [Financial and Investment Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-and-investment-analyst): 2.02x the national share
- [Cook, Institution and Cafeteria](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cook-institution-and-cafeteria): 1.95x the national share

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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