Delaware Data for Career Pathway Planning
Pathways by Career Cluster: Business Management & Administration |
Career Cluster and Pathways | MS | HS | HW | HD | Employment 2019 | Employment Change 2016-26 | Employment Growth 2016-26 | Avg. Wage 2019 |
Business Management & Administration
| |  | |  | 70,570 | 423 | 0.6% | $57,661 |
General Management
| |  |  |  | 5,180 | 672 | 9.0% | $150,568 |
Business Information Management
| |  |  |  | 1,240 | 179 | 15.1% | $169,717 |
Human Resources Management
| |  |  |  | 4,300 | 224 | 5.0% | $78,843 |
Operations Management
| |  |  |  | 6,860 | 869 | 13.6% | $91,766 |
Administrative Support
|  | | |  | 52,990 | -1,521 | -2.7% | $39,822 |
Pathways by Geographic Region: Business Management & Administration |
Pathway | Region | Employment 2019 | Employment Change 2016-26 | Employment Growth 2016-26 | Avg. Wage 2019 |
General Management | Mid-Atlantic | 352,550 | 30,990 | 7.0% | $145,747 |
General Management | United States | 2,948,140 | 272,700 | 7.7% | $127,636 |
Business Information Management | Mid-Atlantic | 56,650 | 5,360 | 9.6% | $164,188 |
Business Information Management | United States | 391,430 | 44,200 | 12.0% | $152,860 |
Human Resources Management | Mid-Atlantic | 169,470 | 12,640 | 7.6% | $84,408 |
Human Resources Management | United States | 1,240,790 | 88,900 | 7.5% | $76,065 |
Operations Management | Mid-Atlantic | 386,930 | 42,560 | 10.4% | $96,544 |
Operations Management | United States | 2,569,440 | 294,600 | 11.0% | $87,713 |
Administrative Support | Mid-Atlantic | 2,189,000 | 11,390 | 0.5% | $39,850 |
Administrative Support | United States | 17,664,900 | -111,400 | -0.6% | $38,872 |
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• Sources: Delaware Department of Labor and U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau
of Labor Statistics
• Mid-Atlantic includes Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
• MS, HS, HW and HD are abbreviations for Middle Skill, High Skill, High Wage
and High Demand Occupations
• MS & HS Cluster/Pathway: A Cluster/Pathway is designated as MS if, within
the cluster/pathway, the percentage of MS occupations is at least thirty (30) percent
of the total number of occupations reported for that cluster/pathway.
The same process is used to determine HS clusters/pathways.
• HW & HD Cluster/Pathway: A Cluster/Pathway is designated as HW if, within
the cluster/pathway, the total employment for HW occupations is greater than the
total employment for non-HW occupations. The same process is used
to determine HD for clusters/pathways.