Top 100 Highest Paying Jobs in Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division

The top 100 highest paying jobs in Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division (ranked by annual average salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid workers) and the number of employment of each job in Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division are also shown. We note from the table that the highest paying profession in Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division is sales manager with an average annual salary of $167,080. The second highest paying job is marketing manager (average salary $157,150). The salary and the employment information in Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2018 [1].

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Jobs in Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl i
1	Sales Managers	$167,080	$97,190	900
2	Marketing Managers	$157,150	$109,940	570
3	Advertising and Promotions Managers	$143,180	$105,950	40
4	General and Operations Managers	$128,490	$69,100	3,270
5	Physicists	$114,840	$50,290	30
6	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	$108,590	$57,780	270
7	Aerospace Engineers	$108,170	$79,640	0
8	Other Psychologists	$104,710	$77,700	30
9	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$95,570	$74,420	230
10	Hydrologists	$87,080	$64,460	0
11	Emergency Management Directors	$80,350	$49,130	30
12	Postsecondary Chemistry Teachers	$78,970	$53,150	80
13	First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	$78,810	$51,240	60
14	Landscape Architects	$77,610	$52,950	0
15	Postsecondary Sociology Teachers	$75,120	$52,100	60
16	Postsecondary Nursing Instructors and Teachers	$74,970	$46,060	180
17	Postsecondary History Teachers	$74,870	$41,170	50
18	Postsecondary Education Teachers	$73,980	$38,540	140
19	Postsecondary Social Work Teachers	$73,510	$46,220	50
20	Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	$70,890	$41,140	60
21	Elevator Installers and Repairers	$69,850	$43,690	110
22	Multimedia Artists and Animators	$68,610	$49,240	30
23	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	$68,340	$40,880	880
24	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$68,180	$48,780	1,400
25	Orthotists and Prosthetists	$67,140	$37,350	40
26	Other Grounds Maintenance Workers	$65,050	$22,840	50
27	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	$64,610	$38,990	440
28	Computer Numerically Controlled Machine Tool Programmers, Metal and Plastic	$64,450	$29,490	30
29	Other Plant and System Operators	$63,570	$44,350	100
30	Gas Plant Operators	$62,520	$45,080	70
31	Avionics Technicians	$60,120	$52,850	40
32	First-line supervisors of transportation moving workers	$57,500	$34,530	990
33	Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	$57,150	$35,150	50
34	Environmental Engineering Technicians	$56,600	$32,480	40
35	Conservation Scientists	$53,920	$36,140	30
36	Interpreters and Translators	$52,040	$40,970	50
37	Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians	$51,140	$35,120	130
38	Other Engineering Technicians	$48,670	$29,400	40
39	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,330	$31,240	110
40	Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers	$47,610	$33,910	40
41	Other Drafters	$46,550	$33,020	30
42	Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$44,670	$28,760	0
43	Private Detectives and Investigators	$44,220	$31,400	60
44	Cargo and Freight Agents	$43,810	$26,570	80
45	Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers	$43,790	$32,720	230
46	Real Estate Brokers	$42,480	$27,250	0
47	All Occupations	$42,390	$19,720	347,070
48	Agricultural Inspectors	$42,230	$33,490	30
49	Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles	$42,080	$19,720	40
50	Tile and Marble Setters	$41,720	$34,500	0
51	Pipelayers	$40,660	$29,920	50
52	Exercise Physiologists	$40,480	$28,470	40
53	Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$40,060	$26,870	50
54	Medical Appliance Technicians	$39,830	$24,470	40
55	Tree Trimmers and Pruners	$39,190	$31,910	0
56	Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers	$39,040	$26,200	60
57	Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors	$38,800	$25,980	690
58	Upholsterers	$37,450	$26,120	0
59	Rail Car Repairers	$36,290	$32,290	90
60	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	$36,230	$26,340	100
61	Grinding/Lapping/Polishing/Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Pla	$36,130	$25,280	40
62	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	$34,600	$24,370	40
63	Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	$34,460	$24,520	0
64	Solar Photovoltaic Installers	$34,440	$26,910	30
65	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$34,340	$27,380	40
66	Paperhangers	$33,500	$24,140	60
67	Bailiffs	$33,490	$26,470	60
68	Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$32,970	$25,830	40
69	Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	$32,940	$26,000	40
70	Telephone Operators	$32,680	$26,650	40
71	Other Counselors	$31,990	$22,240	40
72	All Other Teachers and Instructors Except Substitute Teachers	$31,610	$19,210	540
73	Other Building Cleaning Workers	$31,250	$25,630	110
74	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$31,070	$22,640	210
75	Skincare Specialists	$31,020	$22,970	0
76	Electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers	$30,980	$24,640	230
77	Desktop Publishers	$30,380	$26,240	0
78	All other assemblers and fabricators	$30,160	$21,410	1,080
79	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$29,680	$21,800	290
80	Psychiatric Aides	$29,130	$25,790	160
81	Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons Helpers	$28,960	$19,670	50
82	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$27,900	$18,950	40
83	Orderlies	$27,590	$24,880	310
84	Sewing Machine Operators	$27,140	$20,520	90
85	Tour and Travel Guides	$26,350	$19,040	230
86	Concierges	$24,670	$20,510	40
87	Radio and Television Announcers	$23,630	$17,110	0
88	Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials	$22,070	$16,850	70
89	Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers	$22,020	$18,560	0
90	Baggage Porters and Bellhops	$19,300	$16,970	30
91	Broadcast Technicians	$19,190	$17,570	30

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