Dover, DE Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Dover, DE - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Dover, DE moved from $45,190 in May 2024 to $46,690 in May 2025 (+3.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Dover, DE sits +0.2 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Dover, DE
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $32,130 here versus $35,800 nationally (-10.3%; 2,070metro-area jobs). Next is Cashiers at $31,720 locally versus $32,880 nationally (-3.5%).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$32,130 in Dover, DE sits 10.3% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,070 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$31,720 in Dover, DE sits 3.5% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,010 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$31,200 in Dover, DE sits 0.0% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,090 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Dover, DE; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 20100 · Dover, DE $58K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #270/528
- RPP-MID 97.5
- OCC-MID 255 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $234K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE +0.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Arizona nonmetro…
- BOOK-MOST 250 rows · May 2025
Read with Arizona nonmetropolitan area (+$18 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Dover, DE
Employment scale inside Dover, DE's top-pay list
General and Operations Managers and Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary lead published employment inside Dover, DE's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 650 jobs · $119,990
- 2. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 290 jobs · $127,650
- 3. Software Developers 250 jobs · $107,530
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 230 jobs · $114,610
- 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 200 jobs · $169,420
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 190 jobs · $122,930
- 7. Financial Managers 170 jobs · $159,540
- 8. Family Medicine Physicians 130 jobs · $233,980
- 9. Sales Managers 110 jobs · $178,130
- 10. Managers, All Other 110 jobs · $147,500
- 11. Project Management Specialists 100 jobs · $109,940
- 12. Pharmacists 90 jobs · $151,930
- 13. Architectural and Engineering Managers 70 jobs · $159,330
- 14. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 70 jobs · $113,470
- 15. Physician Assistants 60 jobs · $129,190
- 16. Electrical Engineers 60 jobs · $122,410
- 17. Marketing Managers 50 jobs · $182,640
- 18. Industrial Production Managers 50 jobs · $127,720
Occupations Tracked
255
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$57,626
employment-weighted, 250 complete rows
Top Salary
$233,980
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
97.5
2% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Dover, DE
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Family Medicine Physicians | $233,980 |
| 2 | Marketing Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $182,640 |
| 3 | Sales Managers | $178,130 |
| 4 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $169,420 |
| 5 | Optometrists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $165,660 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $159,540 |
| 7 | Architectural and Engineering Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $159,330 |
| 8 | Pharmacists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $151,930 |
| 9 | Managers, All Other | $147,500 |
| 10 | Physician Assistants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $129,190 |
| 11 | Industrial Production Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $127,720 |
| 12 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $127,650 |
| 13 | Financial Risk Specialists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $122,930 |
| 14 | Nurse Practitioners | $122,930 |
| 15 | Electrical Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $122,410 |
| 16 | General and Operations Managers | $119,990 |
| 17 | Administrative Services Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $118,620 |
| 18 | Construction Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $115,810 |
| 19 | Natural Sciences Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $114,800 |
| 20 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $114,610 |
| 21 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $113,470 |
| 22 | Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $111,300 |
| 23 | Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $111,270 |
| 24 | Project Management Specialists | $109,940 |
| 25 | Software Developers | $107,530 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Dover, DE
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $31,200 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $31,200 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | $31,200 |
| Childcare Workers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $31,200 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $31,200 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $31,200 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $31,200 |
| Animal Caretakers | $31,200 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $31,200 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $31,200 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Other BLS Wage Areas in DE
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside DE. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($57,626 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Dover, DE wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Dover, DE at $233,980/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $57,626 adjusts to about $59,099 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 97.5. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for DE before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.