Animal Caretakers in Delaware earn a median of $33,910 a year (4% below the U.S. median of $35,360), based on about 1,230 jobs. Pay for the same job differs a lot by employer, experience, industry and city within Delaware. These are wages of employees in the occupation, not a forecast for any individual.
Median annual pay
$33,910
4% below the U.S. median of $35,360
Average annual pay
$35,940
Mean wage
Pay range
$31,200–$42,500
10th to 90th percentile
Jobs in the state
1,230
Employees, May 2025
Median hourly pay
$16.30
Before taxes
The state's price level is 99.8 (U.S. average = 100), so a median of $33,910 here equals roughly $33,978 after adjusting for the state's price level.
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, state estimates (employees only; self-employed workers are not included); price-level adjustment uses the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities (where 100 is the U.S. average; MajorPays' calculation). Wages are for an occupation in a state as a whole and vary widely by employer, experience, industry and place within the state. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; neither agency has approved or endorsed this presentation. See Data sources for each dataset's terms.