Salaries in Wilmington.

3,445 roles. One city.

Cost-of-living index: 1.02x national average. Last updated August 2026.

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Highest Paying

$353,000

Senior VP of Product

Median of All Roles

$141,000

Media DevOps Engineer

Entry Level

$35,000

Hotel Clerk / Front Desk

The salary figures on this page are computed estimates, not observed wages. Each one is a national role baseline scaled by a Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity cost-of-living multiplier (2025 index) and rounded to the nearest $1,000. No published wage percentile is consulted and no wage survey response enters the calculation, so an Orbyt estimate must not be cited as a Bureau of Labor Statistics figure or as measured pay. The published wage data Orbyt holds is Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and Department of Labor H-1B Labor Condition Application filings, which record a filed minimum visa base wage rather than market pay. Where BLS publishes a wage for the occupation a role maps to, it is shown on that role's page as a separate benchmark, labelled with its occupation code, metro area and the number of employed workers it covers. Last updated August 2026.

Wilmington, DE has a cost-of-living index of 1.02x the national average. The highest-paying role is Senior VP of Product at $353,000, while the median across all 3,445 roles is $141,000. Wilmington is a corporate law and financial services hub, home to most U.

About the Wilmington market

Wilmington is a corporate law and financial services hub, home to most U.S. credit card companies thanks to Delaware's favorable incorporation laws. The city's compact size belies its outsized role in banking, legal services, and corporate governance. Chemical and pharmaceutical companies also maintain a strong presence.

Banking & Credit CardsCorporate LawChemical ManufacturingPharmaceuticalsInsurance

Top 50 salaries in Wilmington

#	Role	Median	Range
1	Senior VP of Product	$353,000	$276,000 – $459,000
2	Chief Security Officer	$343,000	$267,000 – $446,000
3	SVP of Finance	$337,000	$287,000 – $438,000
4	SVP of AI Innovation	$327,000	$278,000 – $425,000
5	SVP of Product	$327,000	$278,000 – $425,000
6	Senior VP of Security	$326,000	$277,000 – $424,000
7	VP of AI Product	$321,000	$274,000 – $418,000
8	VP of Data Science	$321,000	$274,000 – $418,000
9	SVP of Engineering	$321,000	$272,000 – $417,000
10	VP of IT	$321,000	$274,000 – $418,000
11	VP of Cloud	$321,000	$274,000 – $418,000
12	VP of Mobile	$321,000	$274,000 – $418,000
13	VP of Partner Engineering	$321,000	$274,000 – $418,000
14	SVP of Data	$321,000	$272,000 – $417,000
15	VP of Application Engineering	$321,000	$274,000 – $418,000
16	CTO	$318,000	$248,000 – $414,000
17	VP of Information Technology	$318,000	$271,000 – $414,000
18	VP of Database Engineering	$318,000	$271,000 – $414,000
19	SVP of Technology	$317,000	$269,000 – $412,000
20	Chief Strategy Officer	$316,000	$247,000 – $411,000
21	VP of Infrastructure	$315,000	$268,000 – $410,000
22	VP of Privacy	$315,000	$268,000 – $410,000
23	VP of Security	$315,000	$268,000 – $410,000
24	VP of Risk	$315,000	$268,000 – $410,000
25	VP of Solutions Engineering	$315,000	$268,000 – $410,000
26	Chief Data & AI Officer	$313,000	$233,000 – $408,000
27	Chief Science Officer	$313,000	$244,000 – $407,000
28	VP of Engineering	$312,000	$266,000 – $406,000
29	VP of AI Engineering	$312,000	$266,000 – $406,000
30	VP of Network Engineering	$312,000	$266,000 – $406,000
31	VP of Reliability Engineering	$312,000	$266,000 – $406,000
32	VP of Core Engineering	$312,000	$266,000 – $406,000
33	VP of Machine Learning	$309,000	$263,000 – $402,000
34	VP of Platform Engineering	$309,000	$263,000 – $402,000
35	Chief AI Officer	$307,000	$228,000 – $396,000
36	Senior Head of Security	$307,000	$261,000 – $399,000
37	VP of Finance	$306,000	$260,000 – $398,000
38	VP of Analytics	$306,000	$261,000 – $398,000
39	VP of Security Engineering	$306,000	$261,000 – $398,000
40	Chief Technology Officer	$305,000	$226,000 – $399,000
41	Chief Risk Officer	$305,000	$237,000 – $396,000
42	Senior VP of Design	$304,000	$237,000 – $395,000
43	Chief Machine Learning Officer	$303,000	$236,000 – $394,000
44	VP of Data	$303,000	$258,000 – $394,000
45	VP of Technical Support	$303,000	$258,000 – $394,000
46	VP of Quality	$303,000	$258,000 – $394,000
47	VP of Site Reliability Engineering	$303,000	$258,000 – $394,000
48	Chief Digital Officer	$302,000	$235,000 – $394,000
49	SVP of Marketing	$302,000	$235,000 – $392,000
50	VP of Data Engineering	$300,000	$255,000 – $390,000

Tax considerations

Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6% but no state sales tax. Wilmington has a city wage tax of 1.25%. The no sales tax benefit partially offsets the income tax burden.

Negotiating in Wilmington

Leverage Delaware's corporate density. Banks and legal firms here pay competitively to retain talent that might otherwise commute to Philadelphia or New York.

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