What is the average weekly pay in Kent County?

Across the 13 trades on this page, the middle one pays $1,180 a week. The highest pays $1,701 and the lowest $323.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the payroll that employers in Kent County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.

Why is my trade not listed?

The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.

Kent County · Delaware · United States

What trades pay in Kent County

This is what each kind of business actually pays in Kent County. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.

$1,180 Median weekly pay across these 13 trades. $1,701 — $323.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

Trade	Per week	vs 2023
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 68 businesses · 655 employees	$1,701$88,459 a year	+4.5%up
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 42 businesses · 580 employees	$1,590$82,675 a year	+2.6%up
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 146 businesses · 892 employees	$1,344$69,882 a year	+4.8%up
Highway, street and bridge constructiongroupNAICS 2373 · 7 businesses · 237 employees	$1,278$66,439 a year	-7.2%down
New car dealersNAICS 441110 · 18 businesses · 795 employees	$1,260$65,509 a year	-0.9%down
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 61 businesses · 80 employees	$1,231$64,038 a year	+4.3%up
General automotive repairNAICS 811111 · 52 businesses · 247 employees	$1,180$61,370 a year	+2.3%up
Used car dealersNAICS 441120 · 20 businesses · 75 employees	$1,134$58,948 a year	+1.7%up
Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 38 businesses · 1,313 employees	$878$45,641 a year	-3.0%down
Tax preparation servicesNAICS 541213 · 19 businesses · 70 employees	$868$45,135 a year	+31.1%up
Supermarkets and grocery storesNAICS 445110 · 24 businesses · 1,347 employees	$582$30,258 a year	+6.4%up
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 66 businesses · 400 employees	$455$23,669 a year	+3.4%up
CaterersNAICS 722320 · 5 businesses · 58 employees	$323$16,809 a year	—

What this number is, and what it is not

It is the average of the entire payroll of that kind of business, split across everyone on it: the helper who started yesterday, the twenty-year veteran, and the person running the office. An experienced worker earns more than the average for their line; someone starting out, less.

Rows marked group are groups because the government does not publish plumbing, electrical and HVAC separately at the county level. We would rather say so than invent the breakdown.

Trades where the government hides the pay — because there are few employers and you could tell who we mean — are left out instead of shown as zero.

How the county is doing

Businesses18,166

Employees208,963

Annual payroll$11 M

Net movement of people+1,622People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Kent County. Same trade, different pay.

Other flows - Different State4,224
Other flows - South2,381
Sussex County1,567
New Castle County1,294

Other counties in Delaware

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

For the business owner

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What is the average weekly pay in Kent County?: Across the 13 trades on this page, the middle one pays $1,180 a week. The highest pays $1,701 and the lowest $323.
Where do these numbers come from?: From the payroll that employers in Kent County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.
Why is my trade not listed?: The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.