Veterinary Technician Salary in Delaware

At the median, Delaware sits about $1,000 above the nation: $48,370 against $47,380, a 2% gap.

The hourly median of $23.25 is also 2% above the national $22.78.

The floor of the Delaware distribution is where the state pulls furthest ahead: the 10th percentile, $37,250, is 4% above the national 10th percentile of $35,710, the largest gap found anywhere in the comparison.

The 25th percentile is essentially level with the nation, a 0% difference.

Above the median the pattern reverses: the 75th percentile, $56,340, is 2% below the national $57,650, and the 90th percentile, $61,890, is also 2% below the national $63,180.

A technician weighing a Delaware offer against national percentile figures would find the state ahead near the entry point of the range and slightly behind at the top of it.

Half of the Delaware technicians counted earned between $39,040 and $56,340, a band $17,300 wide.

Nationally the same band runs from $38,910 to $57,650, $18,740 wide, so the Delaware middle half is only modestly tighter.

Delaware's 90th percentile ($61,890) is 1.7 times its 10th ($37,250), a span of $24,640; nationally the 90th ($63,180) is 1.8 times the 10th ($35,710), a span of $27,470.

The Delaware median sits closer to the top of its own band than the bottom: $7,970 below the 75th percentile but $9,330 above the 25th.

Nationally the lean runs the other way, with the median $8,470 above the 25th percentile but $10,270 below the 75th.

OEWS does not explain why a distribution leans one direction or another, so this page does not assign a cause to the difference.

The data set behind this page carries Delaware's hourly wage only at the median: $23.25, against $22.78 nationally, a 2% gap that matches the gap in the annual median.

That makes it the figure to hold an hourly posting against.

For the rest of the range the annual percentiles are the only guide here, so before comparing a posted rate with them, ask the employer how many hours a week the role is scheduled for.

BLS counted 530 veterinary technologists and technicians employed in Delaware, 40th among the 51 jurisdictions that publish a median.

That is a headcount of people already working in the occupation during the survey period, not a count of open positions.

The data set behind this page carries no sample size or precision measure for the percentiles above, so this page does not characterize how representative any single percentile is.

The employment estimate says nothing about how many roles are currently open in the state.

Delaware's veterinary technician license comes from the Delaware Board of Veterinary Medicine under the state's Veterinary Practice Act, and on the sections its own requirements page reads, the license gates the title rather than the underlying work: the license-required clause covers veterinarians, while a separate clause bars using any title that conveys the impression of licensure.

The route to the credential is a degree from an AVMA-accredited veterinary technician program, or an AVMA-approved foreign program, plus a passing VTNE score, or reciprocity for a technician already licensed in good standing in another jurisdiction, with no on-the-job alternative found in the sections read.

Keeping the license active takes twelve continuing-education hours every two years, with the license expiring July 31 of even-numbered years.

The full requirements page on this site sets out the fees, exam details and title-protection penalties in full.