How much do Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other make in Dover, DE?

Percentile spread

For Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $31,200 and the 90th percentile is $65,370. The difference is $34,170, which is 109.5% 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 $31,200 to the 75th at $38,930, covers $7,730.

The mean annual wage is $38,960, which sits above the median of $31,200. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dover, DE median is 16.1% lower than the national median of $37,180 for Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $31,998, which is 13.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 19.6% lower than the Delaware median of $38,790.

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 $31,200 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other at $31,998 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

16 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other. Dover, DE ranks 15th of 17 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).).

• Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ is 43 miles away, with a median of $62,910 and employment of 60. That median is 101.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,637, against $31,998 here.
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 56 miles away, with a median of $35,220 and employment of 690. That median is 12.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,343, against $31,998 here.
• Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 58 miles away, with a median of $33,730 and employment of 310. That median is 8.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,282, against $31,998 here.

Employment share

Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Dover, DE (50 of 68,080). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (46,880 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.44 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.