State labor market
Delaware labor market
Current statewide hiring activity plus occupation-level employment and pay for Delaware. OEWS answers what occupations pay and how many workers BLS estimates are employed; the postings measures show more current statewide hiring activity.
Current statewide signal
Delaware hiring snapshot
Indeed job-postings measures across all occupations in Delaware.
Indeed job postings only. Postings are not a count of all vacancies or hires, Indeed does not cover the whole labor market, and this is statewide activity across all occupations, not an occupation health score. Each series is seasonally adjusted and indexed to its own February 1, 2020 level, so a higher index does not mean more jobs than another state. Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved Sep 26, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and differences.
Occupations & pay
Where Delaware workers are employed
The eight largest occupations in our tracked OEWS catalog, by BLS estimated employment. These are estimated jobs held, not current openings or a count of unique people.
Home health and personal care aides
11,820estimated employmentHeavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers
9,040estimated employmentCustomer service representatives
7,470estimated employmentPay examples
Selected occupation pay examples
The same familiar occupations on every state page. Each U.S. figure uses the same measure (annual or hourly) as the Delaware figure beside it.
- Registered nurses$99,520/yr Delaware median annualU.S. $97,550/yr
- Software developers$133,020/yr Delaware median annualU.S. $135,980/yr
- Electricians$63,700/yr Delaware median annualU.S. $63,190/yr
- Accountants and auditors$95,020/yr Delaware median annualU.S. $83,680/yr
- Elementary school teachers, except special education$75,920/yr Delaware median annualU.S. $63,970/yr
- Marketing managersNot released by BLS Delaware median annualU.S. $166,790/yr
Pay compared with the U.S.
How Delaware occupation pay differs
Up to 5 occupations per side with at least 1,000 estimated Delaware workers and published state and U.S. median annual wages, ordered by the largest percentage gap. Nominal wages, not adjusted for cost of living; not a demand or overall market ranking, and not a test of statistical significance.
Higher median than U.S.
- Chemists$129,860/yr state median · 1,200 workers+42.3%vs. U.S. $91,240/yr
- Industrial truck and tractor operators$60,350/yr state median · 5,230 workers+30.0%vs. U.S. $46,420/yr
- General and operations managers$137,220/yr state median · 5,000 workers+29.7%vs. U.S. $105,770/yr
- Market research analysts and marketing specialists$101,270/yr state median · 3,570 workers+28.6%vs. U.S. $78,760/yr
- Training and development specialists$88,570/yr state median · 1,590 workers+27.8%vs. U.S. $69,280/yr
Lower median than U.S.
- Insurance sales agents$46,710/yr state median · 1,220 workers-25.0%vs. U.S. $62,280/yr
- Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products$62,280/yr state median · 2,920 workers-13.6%vs. U.S. $72,080/yr
- Bus drivers, school$42,390/yr state median · 1,350 workers-11.5%vs. U.S. $47,920/yr
- Social and human service assistants$40,710/yr state median · 1,050 workers-11.4%vs. U.S. $45,930/yr
- Food servers, nonrestaurant$31,430/yr state median · 1,010 workers-11.1%vs. U.S. $35,360/yr
Explore occupations
Occupation pay in Delaware
Search every tracked OEWS occupation record for Delaware. Links marked “Delaware report” open a detailed state report; links marked “National report” open the U.S. occupation report because no Delaware report is available.
508 occupations · showing 1–25
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), reference period May 2025; our data connection last checked Sep 23, 2026. OEWS covers wage and salary jobs and excludes the self-employed. “Top-coded” means BLS publishes only that the wage is at or above its reporting ceiling; “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate. Missing values are never estimated. These occupation wages are separate from the QCEW industry trends on detailed occupation pages.