Delaware · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Delaware

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Delaware, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Delaware had about 481,100 people on their payrolls across roughly 47,280 establishments, with average annual pay of $75,410.

Total employment in Delaware grew 12.8% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 481,100. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Delaware are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

481,100Employment, 2025
47,280Establishments
$75,410Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Delaware	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	1,399	0.3%	0.37	est. · 0.95
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	38	0.0%	0.02	est. · 0.57
23	Construction	26,062	5.4%	1.00	est. · 1.00
31-33	Manufacturing	26,676	5.5%	0.68	pub.
22	Utilities	2,174	0.4%	0.80	est. · 0.92
42	Wholesale Trade	12,979	2.7%	0.70	est. · 0.99
44-45	Retail Trade	50,819	10.6%	1.06	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	26,435	5.5%	1.13	est. · 0.96
51	Information	3,754	0.8%	0.41	est. · 0.94
52	Finance and Insurance	43,331	9.0%	2.21	pub.
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	6,335	1.3%	0.84	est. · 0.99
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	29,801	6.2%	0.89	est. · 0.99
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	7,330	1.5%	0.91	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	27,864	5.8%	0.99	est. · 1.00
61	Educational Services	40,520	8.4%	0.98	est. · 1.00
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	87,643	18.2%	1.13	est. · 1.00
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	10,171	2.1%	1.08	pub.
72	Accommodation and Food Services	42,813	8.9%	0.97	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	12,500	2.6%	0.86	est. · 0.99
92	Public Administration	22,469	4.7%	0.92	est. · 1.00

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	481,113	47,280	$75,405	0.8%	pub.
2024	477,335	45,792	$72,408	1.7%	pub.
2023	469,362	43,537	$69,364	2.2%	pub.
2022	459,114	40,783	$67,816	4.0%	pub.
2021	441,668	36,697	$64,484	3.5%	pub.
2020	426,661	35,242	$62,462	5.8%	pub.
2019	452,777	34,416	$58,479	1.3%	pub.
2018	447,076	33,147	$56,813	1.2%	pub.
2017	441,874	31,962	$55,828	0.8%	pub.
2016	438,238	31,715	$53,765	1.0%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Delaware	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	30,895	6.4%	0.91
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	35,993	7.5%	1.12
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	14,579	3.0%	0.91
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	5,739	1.2%	0.71
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	4,592	0.9%	1.02
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	8,606	1.8%	1.05
23-0000	Legal occupations	5,913	1.2%	1.47
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	30,275	6.3%	1.08
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	4,120	0.9%	0.64
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	34,300	7.1%	1.13
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	24,860	5.2%	1.02
33-0000	Protective service occupations	9,712	2.0%	0.84
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	43,934	9.1%	1.04
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	16,225	3.4%	1.15
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	10,804	2.3%	1.08
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	42,980	8.9%	1.04
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	61,475	12.8%	1.08
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	816	0.2%	0.60
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	17,125	3.6%	0.86
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	16,529	3.4%	0.88
51-0000	Production occupations	19,911	4.1%	0.75
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	41,730	8.7%	0.98

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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