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Delaware Jobs

The estimated total employment in Delaware is 425,210 people with an average annual salary of 45,250.

Since 2001, the number of jobs in Delaware has increaded by 6%. The nominal average pay for those jobs has increaded by 26%.

Employment Statistics

Size


Jobs by YearAnnual Change
2001401,980N/A
2002401,370-0.15%
2003402,9100.38%
2004408,2701.31%
2005425,9604.15%
2006424,270-0.4%
2007425,9600.4%
2008425,210-0.18%
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Pay


Salary by YearAnnual Change
2001$35,830N/A
2002$36,9503.03%
2003$37,5201.52%
2004$38,6302.87%
2005$43,02010.2%
2006$41,680-3.11%
2007$43,0203.21%
2008$45,2505.18%
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Recent Job Data

Major Occupations


OccupationEmployeesAnnual Pay
Office and administrative support occupations77,930$33,660
Sales and related occupations47,220$35,110
Food preparation and serving related occupations34,430$21,640
Transportation and material moving occupations25,250$31,110
Business and financial operations occupations24,150$64,310
Production occupations24,110$34,280
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations24,020$73,900
Education, training, and library occupations23,240$50,300
Construction and extraction occupations20,570$43,350
Management occupations19,140$112,350
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations18,020$42,980
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations13,880$24,950
Computer and mathematical science occupations12,400$77,790
Healthcare support occupations10,810$29,400
Protective service occupations9,190$38,470
Personal care and service occupations8,620$25,420
Life, physical, and social science occupations8,290$69,150
Architecture and engineering occupations7,880$72,120
Community and social services occupations6,730$41,680
Legal occupations4,640$99,990
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations3,890$51,090
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations790$32,010

Top Paying Occupations (more than 1,000 employed)


OccupationEmployeesAnnual Pay
Physicians and surgeons, all other1,170$161,060
Lawyers2,340$147,140
Computer and information systems managers1,280$129,460
General and operations managers4,180$125,060
Financial managers2,140$124,850
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products1,270$92,290
Computer software engineers, applications1,250$90,240
Medical and health services managers1,050$87,050
Chemists1,050$85,880
Computer systems analysts3,020$83,510