Salario de Soldador en Delaware (2026)

Vale la pena saber: Delaware's Delaware City Refinery PBF Energy + DuPont/Chemours/Corteva chemical + AstraZeneca pharma + Dover AFB C-5 + C-17 + Port of Wilmington welder concentration is a distinctive mid-Atlantic refining + chemical + pharma + aerospace welder cluster most national welder-career surveys understate. Delaware City Refinery PBF Energy (the substantial Delaware City ~190K barrel/day refinery + the substantial PBF Energy 4-refinery network + the substantial Delaware City refining process welder + the substantial Delaware City ASME Section IX + API 510 pressure vessel + API 570 piping + the substantial Delaware City prevailing wage + the substantial Delaware City Boilermakers Local 13 + UA Local 74 + the substantial Delaware City pre-1957 Tidewater Oil + post-2010 PBF acquisition) supports specialized refinery welder work — Delaware City senior refinery welders clear $72-118K + OT with ASME + API 510 + API 570 + refining prevailing wage. DuPont/Chemours/Corteva Wilmington (the substantial DuPont ~6K Wilmington employees post-2017 DowDuPont merger + 2019 split + the substantial Chemours ~3.5K Wilmington employees post-2015 spinoff + the substantial Corteva Agriscience ~3K Wilmington post-2019 + the substantial DuPont Experimental Station + Chestnut Run + the substantial DuPont Edge Moor titanium dioxide TiO2 plant + the substantial DuPont Newport + the substantial DuPont chemical process welder + ASME stainless + sanitary + the substantial DuPont historic 1802 founding by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont) supports specialized chemical process welder work — DuPont/Chemours/Corteva chemical welders clear $68-108K with ASME stainless + sanitary + GMP. AstraZeneca Wilmington (~3.5K AstraZeneca DE employees + the substantial AstraZeneca pharma stainless + sanitary welder + ASME BPE + Class 100/1000 cleanroom + GMP + the substantial AstraZeneca post-2024 COVID-19 vaccine + Imfinzi + Tagrisso) supports specialized pharma welder work. Dover AFB (~6K Dover AFB personnel + the substantial 436th Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy strategic airlift maintenance + the substantial 512th Airlift Wing reserve C-17 Globemaster III + the substantial Dover AFB cleared welder + AWS D17.1 aerospace + cleared facility + the substantial Dover AFB Port Mortuary) supports specialized aerospace cleared welder work. Port of Wilmington Diamond State Port Corporation (the substantial Port of Wilmington largest US Atlantic coast banana + fruit import port + the substantial Port of Wilmington container + bulk shipping + the substantial Port of Wilmington shipyard welder) supports specialized port welder work. Boilermakers Local 13 Philadelphia PA cross-border + United Association Plumbers Pipefitters Local 74 Wilmington + UA Local 690 Philadelphia cross-border + IBEW Local 313 Wilmington + Ironworkers Local 451 Wilmington + Sheet Metal Workers Local 19 Philadelphia cross-border + the substantial DE building trades operate substantial collective bargaining at DE industrial + refining + chemical + pharma + aerospace prevailing wage rates — DE is NOT a Right-to-Work state, meaning union security clauses are permitted + the substantial DE building trades retain prevailing-wage public works contracts. AWS Certified Welder + 6G + API 1104 + ASME Section IX + AWS D1.1 + AWS D17.1 aerospace + ASME BPE biopharmaceutical + API 510 + API 570 + cleared facility cert drive 30-60% wage premium. DTCC Wilmington + Stanton + Dover + Owens + Boilermakers Local 13 Philadelphia apprenticeship pipeline. DE progressive 2.2-6.6% + DE 0% state sales tax + DE NO estate tax (post-2018 repeal) + DE NOT a RTW state anchor the DE welder proposition.