New Castle County · Delaware
Wilmington, DE jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Wilmington, DE earn a median of $41,154 a year, 8% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 7.6% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 27% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $41,154#54 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 7.6%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 64.9%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 34,824Civilian employed, age 16+
What Wilmington does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance27%
- Professional, scientific & management13%
- Finance, insurance & real estate10.6%
- Retail trade9.5%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food8.5%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities8.2%
- Public administration6.5%
- Manufacturing5.2%
- Other services, except public administration5.1%
- Construction4.4%
- Information1.1%
- Wholesale trade0.6%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.3%
Related data for Wilmington
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.