Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $31,740 here versus $35,800 nationally (-11.3%; 2,150metro-area jobs). Next is Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers at $35,500 locally versus $38,300 nationally (-7.3%).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$31,740 in Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area sits 11.3% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,150 published local jobs).
- Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$35,500 in Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area sits 7.3% below the national Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers median of $38,300 (4,460 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$36,870 in Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area sits 4.7% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,890 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$34,960 in Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area sits 1.3% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (3,890 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 1000005 · Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $55K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #353/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 290 occs
- TOP-LEAD Dermatologists · $445K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Paducah, KY-IL
- BOOK-MOST 275 rows · May 2025
Read with Paducah, KY-IL (+$5 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Sussex Delaware nonmetropol…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 1,060 jobs · $129,410
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 220 jobs · $135,530
- 3. Financial Managers 210 jobs · $187,220
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 200 jobs · $139,950
- 5. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 200 jobs · $132,040
- 6. Software Developers 190 jobs · $125,650
- 7. Sales Managers 180 jobs · $161,740
- 8. Lawyers 170 jobs · $131,110
- 9. Pharmacists 150 jobs · $154,240
- 10. Physicians, All Other 130 jobs · $312,080
- 11. Managers, All Other 110 jobs · $153,030
- 12. Physician Assistants 100 jobs · $130,750
- 13. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 90 jobs · $121,630
- 14. Construction Managers 90 jobs · $115,170
- 15. Industrial Production Managers 80 jobs · $133,610
- 16. Administrative Services Managers 70 jobs · $136,000
- 17. Computer Network Architects 60 jobs · $141,440
- 18. Information Security Analysts 60 jobs · $116,240
Occupations Tracked
290
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$55,071
employment-weighted, 275 complete rows
Top Salary
$444,830
Dermatologists
Top-pay occupations in Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General and Operations Managers | $129,410 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $135,530 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $187,220 |
| 4 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $139,950 |
| 5 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $132,040 |
| 6 | Software Developers | $125,650 |
| 7 | Sales Managers | $161,740 |
| 8 | Lawyers | $131,110 |
| 9 | Pharmacists | $154,240 |
| 10 | Physicians, All Other | $312,080 |
| 11 | Managers, All Other | $153,030 |
| 12 | Physician Assistants | $130,750 |
| 13 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $121,630 |
| 14 | Construction Managers | $115,170 |
| 15 | Industrial Production Managers | $133,610 |
| 16 | Administrative Services Managers | $136,000 |
| 17 | Computer Network Architects | $141,440 |
| 18 | Information Security Analysts | $116,240 |
| 19 | Dentists, General | $319,140 |
| 20 | Facilities Managers | $125,750 |
| 21 | Human Resources Managers | $150,080 |
| 22 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $110,950 |
| 23 | Dermatologists | $444,830 |
| 24 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $181,190 |
| 25 | Financial and Investment Analysts | $117,250 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Driver/Sales Workers | $31,200 |
| Slaughterers and Meat Packers | $31,200 |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | $31,200 |
| Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | $31,200 |
| Childcare Workers | $31,200 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $31,200 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $31,200 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $31,200 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | $31,200 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $31,200 |
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 ($55,071 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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