Insights / Therapy pay versus the U.S. median / Delaware
Therapy pay in Delaware
Cite Delaware Speech-Language Pathologists $102,760 while the draft is still open.
Cite Delaware Speech-Language Pathologists $114,620 and the req stops guessing.
List Delaware Speech-Language Pathologists $97,870 before the screen gets longer.
Mark Delaware Occupational Therapists at $102,130 while the role is still unposted.
Each occupation
1Speech-Language Pathologists
- State median
- $102,760
- 75th percentile
- $114,620
- U.S. median
- $97,870
- State vs U.S.
- 1.05
- State employment
- 690
2Occupational Therapists
- State median
- $102,130
- 75th percentile
- $121,140
- U.S. median
- $100,330
- State vs U.S.
- 1.02
- State employment
- 490
3Physical Therapists
- State median
- $102,050
- 75th percentile
- $124,550
- U.S. median
- $102,760
- State vs U.S.
- 0.99
- State employment
- 1,260
Ranked table
Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.
| Rank | Occupation | State median | 75th percentile | U.S. median | State vs U.S. | State employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $102,760 | $114,620 | $97,870 | 1.05 | 690 |
| 2 | Occupational Therapists | $102,130 | $121,140 | $100,330 | 1.02 | 490 |
| 3 | Physical Therapists | $102,050 | $124,550 | $102,760 | 0.99 | 1,260 |
Takeaways
- Flag Delaware Occupational Therapists at $121,140 and nobody swaps in a national midpoint.
- File Delaware Occupational Therapists under $100,330 rather than hiding the cell.
- Enter Delaware Physical Therapists as $102,050 before someone copies a midpoint.
- Write Delaware Physical Therapists as $124,550 so the comparison stays on the table.
For recruiters
- Save Delaware Physical Therapists as $102,760 rather than a round number from memory.
- Take Delaware Speech-Language Pathologists $102,760 inside the Hiring Pack for the role.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
Occupations are the fixed set named in the series, kept only when both the Delaware median and the U.S. median are published. A 75th percentile or an employment count that is unpublished stays blank in the table. The article is omitted when fewer than 3 occupations qualify. OEWS May 2025. A comparison of 1.00 matches the U.S. median. Sorted by the Physical Therapists state median when that occupation qualifies, otherwise by the highest median in the table. Delaware is 16 of 51. A row links to the Delaware metro page with the highest public market difficulty score for that occupation when one is published, and otherwise to the occupation page on the hiring grid. An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero. The wages are annual OEWS figures. They are not job listings and they are not an employer's current offer. Read the comparison beside the dollar figures: a high state wage can still sit under the national median for that occupation, and a lower state wage can still sit above it. Rounded figures in the prose: $102,760 is stated as about $102.8K. $97,870 is stated as about $97.9K. a comparison of 1.05 is stated as 5 percent. $114,620 is stated as about $114.6K. $102,050 is stated as about $102.1K. a comparison of 0.99 is stated as 1 percent.
Sources
A Hiring Pack starts from the role and the city on the req. First pack each month free, then $24.