The most underpaid jobs in Delaware, what their salaries should be, according to survey

Wondering which jobs Delawareans think are the most underpaid? 

A new survey revealed the job most in need of a pay raise in Delaware, along with other underpaid professions. 

Most underpaid professions in Delaware 

Online education company Test Prep Insight asked 3,042 respondents how much they think teachers and other public sector workers should be paid.

Of all the responses for Delaware, teachers most needed a pay raise. The survey found that American believe teachers should earn an additional $17,344 per year. In Delaware, respondents increased that increase to $23,505 per year, jumping from the average state salary of $43,995, according to Talent.com, to $67,500. 

Postal workers were the demographic in Delaware with the second-most need for a pay raise. Respondents suggested they should earn $16,400 more than their current salary. 

Other Delaware public sector workers revealed to have significant perceived wage gaps were: 

• EMTs, with a suggested $15,450 pay raise.  

• Public transportation drivers, with a suggested $12,100 pay raise.  

• Park rangers, with a suggested $8,450 pay raise.  

• Firefighters, with a suggested $7,272.73 pay raise. 

• Sanitation workers, with a suggested $6,575 pay raise.  

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Elsewhere in the United States, Montana leads with the highest pay gap difference of $35,385 between what teachers make and the $75,000 salary respondents think they should make. Utah and Vermont trail closely behind with suggested increases of more than $32,000 annually.  

California has the smallest pay gap difference of $2,210 between what teachers make and what respondents think they should make. Mississippi follows closely with a salary pay gap of $2,646. 

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