Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Delaware

612 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Delaware for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Customer Service Representatives	$48,190	7,470	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$48,120	4,030	View salary detail
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,110	160	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$48,110	430	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$47,970	6,320	View salary detail
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing	$47,940	90	View salary detail
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers	$47,940	90	View salary detail
Potters, Manufacturing	$47,940	90	View salary detail
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	$47,940	90	View salary detail
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	$47,780	40	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other	$47,640	40	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$47,600	990	View salary detail
Library Technicians	$47,580	210	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,520	110	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$47,470	140	View salary detail
Real Estate Sales Agents	$47,180	900	View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks	$47,150	140	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$47,040	250	View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$46,940	110	View salary detail
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	$46,900	130	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$46,790	950	View salary detail
Funeral Attendants	$46,720	110	View salary detail
Firefighters	$46,710	560	View salary detail
Insurance Sales Agents	$46,710	1,220	View salary detail
Bill and Account Collectors	$46,680	990	View salary detail
Tire Repairers and Changers	$46,630	230	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$46,430	1,480	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$46,220	270	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,140	470	View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$46,120	280	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,120	100	View salary detail
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	$45,720	150	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$45,550	3,240	View salary detail
Word Processors and Typists	$45,480	50	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$45,450	90	View salary detail
Tellers	$45,340	1,400	View salary detail
Pest Control Workers	$45,300	300	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,220	120	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$45,200	600	View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Mechanical	$44,850	340	View salary detail
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	$44,760	40	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$44,600	210	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$44,600	980	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$44,540	—	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$44,500	4,510	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$44,490	2,880	View salary detail
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers	$44,450	—	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$44,390	50	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$44,340	1,210	View salary detail
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers	$44,290	30	View salary detail

Metropolitan areas in this state

Dover, DE

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.