Caregiver salary in Delaware

Open caregiver jobs in Delaware post a median of $16.75 an hour, the middle half $16.25–$16.88 (about $34,800 a year full time), $1.25 below the national posted median. From 15 jobs at 4 employers that state their pay.

Median posted /hr

Middle half /hr

A year, full time

estimate, 2,080 hours

BLS median in DE

May 2025

The jobs themselves: Caregiver jobs in Delaware · Caregiver pay nationwide

What caregivers are paid in Delaware

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

The jobs here post rates too close together to chart: $15–$19 an hour.

Posted on open jobs in Delaware

$16.25–$16.88/hr

Middle half of 15 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $16.75. 45% of the 33 open caregiver jobs in Delaware state an hourly rate.

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Caregiver pay by employer in Delaware

What each employer posts for caregivers here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

Employer	Median posted	Posted range	Jobs stating pay
Always Best Care Senior Services	$16.88	$16.75–$17	9
Macklyn Home Care	$15.50	$15–$17	4
Griswold Home Care	$17	$15–$19	1
Griswold Home Care for Sussex & Kent Counties	$16.50	$15–$18	1

Median of each employer's jobs in Delaware (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for caregivers nationwide when it has such a page.

Best-paid open caregiver jobs in Delaware

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

Weekend Caregivers
Griswold Home Care · New Castle, DE · 1y+ ago
$15–$19/hr
Caregiver: Dewey Beach (starting rate @ $16.75/hour)
Always Best Care Senior Services · Dewey Beach, DE · 1y+ ago
$16.75–$17/hr
Caregiver: Dover, DE (starting rate @ $16.75/hour)
Always Best Care Senior Services · Frankford, DE · 1y+ ago
$16.75–$17/hr
Caregiver
Griswold Home Care for Sussex & Kent Counties · Selbyville and Lewes, DE · 1y+ ago
$15–$18/hr
WEEKEND PERSONAL CARE ASSISTANT/CAREGIVER - NEW CASTLE COUNTY
Macklyn Home Care · Newark, DE · 1w ago
$15–$17/hr
PERSONAL CARE ASSISTANT/CAREGIVER - DOVER & KENT COUNTY
Macklyn Home Care · Leipsic, DE · 1w ago
$15–$16/hr

What BLS measures in Delaware

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Delaware. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation	10th pct	25th pct	Median	75th pct	90th pct	Employed
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (31-1120)	$15.00 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)	$15.00 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)	$16.50 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)	$17.96 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)	$19.44 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)	11,820 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$14.33/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, opens in a new tab)
Dover, DE$15.45/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Dover, DE, opens in a new tab)

Caregiver salary in Delaware: common questions

How much does a caregiver make in Delaware?

Open caregiver jobs in Delaware that state an hourly rate post a median of $16.75, the middle half $16.25–$16.88 (15 jobs from 4 employers). Full time that is about $34,800 a year. BLS measured a median of $16.50/hr ($34,320 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Delaware (May 2025).

Which employers in Delaware pay caregivers the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Always Best Care Senior Services ($16.88) and Macklyn Home Care ($15.50).

How does Delaware compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Delaware ($16.75) is $1.25 below the national posted median of $18. In the BLS survey Delaware ranks 32 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 15 of 33 open caregiver jobs in Delaware (45%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.

CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 29, 2026
BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides (SOC 31-1120), every state, published May 15, 2026
BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, published May 15, 2026
BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Caregiver salary in Delaware. Data as of October 29, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/caregiver/delaware

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