Grinding and polishing workers, hand job market in Delaware
Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.
The headline
Industry employment fell while average weekly industry wages rose
A data-driven view of the industries that employ Grinding and polishing workers, hand in Delaware.
Occupation pay
What Grinding and polishing workers, hand earn in Delaware
BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.
Median annual wage
$47,780Delaware- Middle 50% of published wages
- $32,720 – $47,780
- U.S. median annual wage
- $42,660
- Reference period
- May 2025
The middle 50% is the 25th-to-75th percentile wage range, not an experience-level band. Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.
Pay around Delaware
How median pay varies by metro area
Published BLS OEWS metro estimates for Grinding and polishing workers, hand, compared with the Delaware median of $47,780.
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$46,300−3.1% vs. state
Areas are ordered by published median wage for readability, not as an overall job-market ranking. The vertical marker is the Delaware median. Some BLS metropolitan areas cross state lines, so a metro estimate can cover workers in more than one state.
Verified snapshot
Market at a Glance
Key changes in Delaware’s weighted industry mix.
Percentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
Published coverage: 818 represented establishments, 88.66% of the published industry mix.
Local research
What the data shows for grinding and polishing workers, hand in Delaware
Findings describe the published observation periods shown below. Research published Oct 11, 2026.
Published median pay is above the U.S. median
OEWS May 2025 records a state median annual wage of $47,780 for grinding and polishing workers, hand in Delaware. Against the national median of $42,660, that is 12.0% higher. A median describes the middle of the distribution and does not include a living-cost adjustment.
OEWS May 2025 · BLS OEWSFindings describe published data and do not establish causes. Methodology
Employment trends
Delaware industry employment over time
Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.
- Delaware · 2026 Q1-1.2%
- U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark-1.1%
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| Quarter | Delaware | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | -0.5% | 100% |
| 2024 Q3 | -0.7% | 100% |
| 2024 Q4 | -0.8% | 100% |
| 2025 Q1 | -0.3% | 92.78% |
| 2025 Q2 | +0.6% | 92.78% |
| 2025 Q3 | +0.5% | 92.78% |
| 2025 Q4 | -0.9% | 100% |
| 2026 Q1 | -1.2% | 92.78% |
How to read this chart
State trend and national reference
The solid line follows Delaware’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.
- Published quarters
- 8
- Earliest quarter
- 2024 Q2
- Latest quarter
- 2026 Q1
- U.S. benchmark
- -1.1%
Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.
Industry context
Where Grinding and polishing workers, hand Work
The occupation mix determines which Delaware industries are weighted into this view.
| Industry group | Occupation mix | Employment change | Establishments | Avg. weekly industry wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 81.9% | -1.2% | 818 | $1,621 |
| Other services | 4.8% | Not published | 2,419 | $915 |
| Professional and business services | 3.8% | -0.1% | 15,996 | $2,295 |
| Construction | 1.9% | Not published | Not published | Not published |
Which industries are growing?
No weighted industry published growth
In January to March 2026, none of the weighted Delaware industries published a positive year-over-year employment change. Nothing is substituted in its place.
Current Delaware context
Current Delaware Market Signals
Statewide indicators for all occupations in Delaware. They are not Grinding and polishing workers, hand demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.
Statewide job postings
Indeed job postings · Delaware
Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score
Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100
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| Observation date | Index (Feb 2020 = 100) |
|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | 102.84 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 102.56 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 101.84 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 101.68 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 101.77 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 101.92 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 102.21 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 102.56 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 101.03 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 101.33 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 101.76 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 101.95 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 101.08 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 102.30 |
This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.
Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · saved source copy. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.
Statewide layoff notices
Statewide WARN notices
Delaware statewide2 notices in this source
Notice dates from Aug 5, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026 (UTC), a rolling 90-calendar-day period.
What this means: This is the number of WARN notices with notice dates in this period in Delaware’s official statewide list. It is a statewide count only, and does not identify any employer.
Notices describe planned workforce changes, not confirmed job losses. Notices may be amended or withdrawn. This statewide context is not occupation-specific and does not affect the Job Market Health score. WARN covers qualifying large layoffs and closures under applicable law, not all layoffs, and thresholds vary by state.
Delaware Department of Labor (Delaware JobLink) About WARN data
Source last checked
Career context
Related occupations
Related roles from the occupation’s published O*NET profile.
Questions answered by this release
Grinding and polishing workers, hand in Delaware FAQs
Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.
Is employment growing for Grinding and polishing workers, hand in Delaware?
The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Delaware industries weighted to Grinding and polishing workers, hand changed -1.2% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with -1.1% nationwide.
Are wages for Grinding and polishing workers, hand rising in Delaware?
QCEW does not publish pay for Grinding and polishing workers, hand in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +2.8% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.
How complete is this Delaware industry view?
The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 92.78% of the occupation’s industry mix.
Does this page show current Grinding and polishing workers, hand openings?
No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.
Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 92.78% · full evidence record
Methodology & Sources
Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.
- Occupation
- Grinding and polishing workers, hand
- SOC code
- 51-9022
- State
- Delaware
- QCEW release label
- QCEW 2026 Q1
- Data period
- 2026 Q1
- State industry employment, year over year
- -1.2%State data coverage 92.78%
- U.S. benchmark, year over year
- -1.1%
- Difference from U.S. benchmark
- -0.1 percentage pointsPercentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
- Establishments, year over year
- -2.8%State data coverage 92.78%
- Average weekly industry wage, year over year
- +2.8%State data coverage 92.78%
- Industry mix vintage
- EP-2025-2035
- BLS publication date
- Aug 28, 2026
- Source verification
- Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
- Canonical record URL
- https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/grinding-and-polishing-workers-hand/delaware#evidence-record
- Derived by
- JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix
MethodologyBLS QCEWHow to citeQCEW state context release, 2026 Q1
Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.