Delaware Data for Career Pathway Planning
Pathways by Career Cluster: Human Services |
Career Cluster and Pathways | MS | HS | HW | HD | Employment 2020 | Employment Change 2018-28 | Employment Growth 2018-28 | Avg. Wage 2020 |
Human Services
| |  | |  | 7,063 | 3,930 | 16.9% | $40,016 |
Early Childhood Development & Services
| | | | | 950 | 150 | 10.0% | $23,000 |
Counseling & Mental Health Services
| |  |  |  | 730 | 290 | 11.9% | $43,219 |
Family & Community Services
| |  | | | 3,301 | 470 | 9.8% | $51,554 |
Personal Care Services
|  | | | | 1,982 | 3,020 | 21.0% | $27,322 |
Consumer Services
| |  |  | | 100 | 0 | 0.0% | $49,000 |
Pathways by Geographic Region: Human Services |
Pathway | Region | Employment 2020 | Employment Change 2018-28 | Employment Growth 2018-28 | Avg. Wage 2020 |
Early Childhood Development & Services | Mid-Atlantic | 60,890 | 7,380 | 6.2% | $27,245 |
Early Childhood Development & Services | United States | 494,360 | 27,700 | 2.4% | $26,790 |
Counseling & Mental Health Services | Mid-Atlantic | 43,780 | 12,120 | 13.6% | $54,289 |
Counseling & Mental Health Services | United States | 320,940 | 99,500 | 14.8% | $53,041 |
Family & Community Services | Mid-Atlantic | 176,360 | 23,490 | 10.5% | $52,502 |
Family & Community Services | United States | 1,405,750 | 179,800 | 9.7% | $52,471 |
Personal Care Services | Mid-Atlantic | 159,820 | 114,730 | 18.4% | $36,076 |
Personal Care Services | United States | 1,195,800 | 1,179,100 | 21.0% | $36,594 |
Consumer Services | Mid-Atlantic | 3,040 | 460 | 10.5% | $58,126 |
Consumer Services | United States | 30,770 | 3,500 | 8.7% | $49,940 |
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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.