Delaware Data for Career Pathway Planning
| Pathways by Career Cluster: Human Services |
| Career Cluster and Pathways | MS | HS | HW | HD | Employment
2021 | Employment
Change 2020-30 | Employment
Growth 2020-30 | Avg. Wage
2021 |
|
Human Services
| |  | | | 11,510 | 2,150 | 14.9% | $44,729 |
|
Early Childhood Development & Services
| | | | | 590 | 190 | 32.2% | $24,660 |
|
Counseling & Mental Health Services
| | | | | 1,570 | 100 | 6.4% | $59,450 |
|
Family & Community Services
| | | | | 4,330 | 630 | 14.5% | $50,052 |
|
Personal Care Services
| | | | | 4,970 | 1,220 | 24.5% | $38,085 |
|
Consumer Services
| | | | | 50 | 10 | 20.0% | $49,310 |
| Pathways by Geographic Region: Human Services |
| Pathway | Region | Employment
2021 | Employment
Change 2020-30 | Employment
Growth 2020-30 | Avg. Wage
2021 |
| Early Childhood Development & Services | Mid-Atlantic | 45,920 | 8,890 | 8.4% | $28,433 |
| Early Childhood Development & Services | United States | 438,520 | 84,200 | 8.5% | $27,680 |
| Counseling & Mental Health Services | Mid-Atlantic | 53,140 | 5,430 | 9.6% | $66,243 |
| Counseling & Mental Health Services | United States | 418,020 | 47,400 | 11.4% | $65,288 |
| Family & Community Services | Mid-Atlantic | 178,720 | 24,410 | 11.5% | $54,662 |
| Family & Community Services | United States | 1,408,310 | 211,500 | 11.2% | $54,216 |
| Personal Care Services | Mid-Atlantic | 206,220 | 67,790 | 28.1% | $38,106 |
| Personal Care Services | United States | 1,401,880 | 384,700 | 22.2% | $38,490 |
| Consumer Services | Mid-Atlantic | 3,660 | 330 | 10.0% | $52,351 |
| Consumer Services | United States | 31,230 | 3,100 | 9.2% | $50,430 |
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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.