How much do Industrial Machinery Mechanics make in Dover, DE?

Percentile spread

For Industrial Machinery Mechanics, the published 10th percentile is $46,830 and the 90th percentile is $78,870. The difference is $32,040, which is 47.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $58,720 to the 75th at $68,890, covers $10,170.

The mean annual wage is $64,620, which sits below the median of $67,320. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dover, DE median is 4.3% higher than the national median of $64,520 for Industrial Machinery Mechanics. In 2024 national prices the local median is $69,041, which is 7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Delaware median of $67,320.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dover, DE is 97.507, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $67,320 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Industrial Machinery Mechanics at $69,041 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

30 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Industrial Machinery Mechanics. Dover, DE ranks 9th of 31 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Vineland, NJ is 26 miles away, with a median of $62,400 and employment of 370. That median is 7.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,022, against $69,041 here.
• Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ is 43 miles away, with a median of $66,310 and employment of 150. That median is 1.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,077, against $69,041 here.
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 56 miles away, with a median of $70,340 and employment of 5,500. That median is 4.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,588, against $69,041 here.

Employment share

Industrial Machinery Mechanics accounts for 0.32% of wage-and-salary employment in Dover, DE (220 of 68,080). Nationally the occupation is 0.28% of employment (439,640 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.14 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.