Delaware: Labor Market Data for Career Pathway Planning
| Pathways by Career Cluster: Manufacturing |
| Career Cluster and Pathways | MS | HS | HW | HD | Employment
2017 | Employment
Change 2016-26 | Employment
Growth 2016-26 | Avg. Wage
2017 |
|
Manufacturing
|  | | | | 25,730 | -38 | -0.1% | $44,379 |
|
Production
| | | | | 14,650 | -531 | -4.1% | $39,025 |
|
Manufacturing Production Process Development
| | | | | 1,200 | 72 | 3.2% | $61,669 |
|
Maintenance, Installation & Repair
| | | | | 8,000 | 541 | 6.2% | $51,771 |
|
Quality Assurance
| | | | | 1,880 | -120 | -7.7% | $43,608 |
| Pathways by Geographic Region: Manufacturing |
| Pathway | Region | Employment
2017 | Employment
Change 2016-26 | Employment
Growth 2016-26 | Avg. Wage
2017 |
| Production | Mid-Atlantic | 532,110 | 1,070 | 0.2% | $40,417 |
| Production | United States | 6,043,920 | -313,700 | -4.0% | $39,483 |
| Manufacturing Production Process Development | Mid-Atlantic | 63,230 | 3,300 | 3.3% | $58,314 |
| Manufacturing Production Process Development | United States | 509,070 | 2,800 | 0.3% | $60,507 |
| Maintenance, Installation & Repair | Mid-Atlantic | 334,370 | 24,480 | 7.0% | $49,801 |
| Maintenance, Installation & Repair | United States | 2,910,950 | 206,700 | 6.7% | $47,678 |
| Quality Assurance | Mid-Atlantic | 90,040 | 690 | 0.8% | $44,085 |
| Quality Assurance | United States | 946,130 | -36,100 | -3.9% | $43,205 |
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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.