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Food Preparation Workers in Delaware
$35,930median, a year
$36,360mean (average), a year
2,400people employed in this job here
$31,200
median $35,930
$43,070
US median $35,320
The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the darker part is the middle half of earners.
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How pay for this job is spread here: higher means more people earn around that amount, and the darker middle is the middle half of earners. The dots are BLS's published 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentiles; the curve between them is our smooth estimate. Hover or tap a dot for its figure.
This job is less common here than nationally: 5 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 0.86).
Where this job pays most
Median a year by state, from lower to higher pay as in the key below. Hover or tap a state for its figure. Living costs differ too, so a higher wage is not always more to spend.
- AL, Alabama, median $27,930
- AK, Alaska, median $35,720
- AZ, Arizona, median $36,750
- AR, Arkansas, median $27,660
- CA, California, median $39,350
- CO, Colorado, median $38,960
- CT, Connecticut, median $36,650
- DE, Delaware, median $35,930
- DC, District of Columbia, median $39,600
- FL, Florida, median $35,920
- GA, Georgia, median $35,250
- HI, Hawaii, median $38,160
- ID, Idaho, median $31,510
- IL, Illinois, median $34,850
- IN, Indiana, median $29,700
- IA, Iowa, median $30,360
- KS, Kansas, median $30,280
- KY, Kentucky, median $26,850
- LA, Louisiana, median $23,620
- ME, Maine, median $36,030
- MD, Maryland, median $35,500
- MA, Massachusetts, median $38,900
- MI, Michigan, median $31,180
- MN, Minnesota, median $34,850
- MS, Mississippi, median $26,240
- MO, Missouri, median $31,510
- MT, Montana, median $33,860
- NE, Nebraska, median $35,210
- NV, Nevada, median $33,460
- NH, New Hampshire, median $36,780
- NJ, New Jersey, median $35,540
- NM, New Mexico, median $33,370
- NY, New York, median $35,610
- NC, North Carolina, median $30,260
- ND, North Dakota, median $36,800
- OH, Ohio, median $34,530
- OK, Oklahoma, median $28,540
- OR, Oregon, median $37,450
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $30,840
- RI, Rhode Island, median $35,470
- SC, South Carolina, median $32,180
- SD, South Dakota, median $30,430
- TN, Tennessee, median $28,700
- TX, Texas, median $30,650
- UT, Utah, median $33,540
- VT, Vermont, median $36,550
- VA, Virginia, median $34,900
- WA, Washington, median $40,910
- WV, West Virginia, median $28,360
- WI, Wisconsin, median $34,070
- WY, Wyoming, median $36,110
- PR, Puerto Rico, median $22,400
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Across Delaware
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