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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Pediatricians, General Salary in Delaware

Pediatricians, General in Delaware earn a median annual salary of $211,340, which is +0.6% compared to the national median. There are 250 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Delaware (state).

$211,340
Delaware median annual wage
$102/hour median
+0.6%
Difference vs national median
National median is $210,130
250
Local employment
0.5 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.87
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$85,330
25th
$186,140
Median
$211,340
75th
$229,270
90th
≥$239,200

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

Values marked ≥$239,200 are at or above the BLS wage cap. BLS does not publish an exact figure above this threshold.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Delaware, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
99.8%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$211,747
Goods: 96.2%
Services: 103.8%
Rents: 102.0%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
New Mexico$237,950Compare230
Kentucky$237,740Compare260
Mississippi$236,860Compare60
Arizona$227,410Compare910
Oklahoma$226,150Compare160
North Dakota$225,250Compare120

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Delaware

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$236,8000.47
Psychiatrists$236,7401.10
Family Medicine Physicians$235,9601.91
Physicians, All Other$232,1801.13
Dentists, General$224,6901.02
Pediatricians, General$211,3401.87
Sales Managers$201,0900.57
Chief Executives$190,4600.68

Delaware has salary data for 547 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Pediatricians, General in Delaware

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Pediatricians, General are projected to change by +0.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 1,200 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.