Delaware: Labor Market Data for Career Pathway Planning
| Pathways by Career Cluster: Human Services |
| Career Cluster and Pathways | MS | HS | HW | HD | Employment
2017 | Employment
Change 2016-26 | Employment
Growth 2016-26 | Avg. Wage
2017 |
|
Human Services
| |  | | | 18,360 | 2,458 | 13.9% | $34,826 |
|
Early Childhood Development & Services
| | | | | 1,360 | 192 | 8.4% | $22,929 |
|
Counseling & Mental Health Services
| | | | | 1,480 | 398 | 15.5% | $53,162 |
|
Family & Community Services
| | | | | 4,170 | 642 | 13.9% | $47,835 |
|
Personal Care Services
| | | | | 11,190 | 1,206 | 14.8% | $28,794 |
|
Consumer Services
| | | | | 160 | 20 | 15.2% | $49,201 |
| Pathways by Geographic Region: Human Services |
| Pathway | Region | Employment
2017 | Employment
Change 2016-26 | Employment
Growth 2016-26 | Avg. Wage
2017 |
| Early Childhood Development & Services | Mid-Atlantic | 69,280 | 7,470 | 6.2% | $24,220 |
| Early Childhood Development & Services | United States | 562,420 | 84,300 | 6.9% | $23,760 |
| Counseling & Mental Health Services | Mid-Atlantic | 59,760 | 17,790 | 15.9% | $58,534 |
| Counseling & Mental Health Services | United States | 407,770 | 136,500 | 18.4% | $56,629 |
| Family & Community Services | Mid-Atlantic | 175,710 | 24,120 | 11.6% | $49,410 |
| Family & Community Services | United States | 1,351,680 | 242,900 | 13.8% | $48,541 |
| Personal Care Services | Mid-Atlantic | 437,500 | 96,600 | 19.3% | $29,786 |
| Personal Care Services | United States | 3,696,710 | 1,025,700 | 24.1% | $28,561 |
| Consumer Services | Mid-Atlantic | 4,220 | 330 | 10.3% | $54,415 |
| Consumer Services | United States | 35,900 | 5,300 | 13.8% | $49,460 |
• A blank numerical table cell indicates the data is not available.
• 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.