Find your future in the First State
From entry-level jobs to full career paths, the State of Delaware offers a wide range of occupations for job applicants. As a state employee, you have access to a comprehensive benefit package, training programs, paid leave, and the opportunity to positively impact the lives of Delawareans every day.
If you want to be a positive force and make an impact, we are hiring for all levels!
Excellent health benefits and retirements plans
Job security and flexibility in how you work
Ample time off and work/life balance
Opportunity for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Best of all, you’ll do rewarding work that benefits our community
And now, with sign-on bonuses and referral incentives, there are more reasons than ever to join us.
Featured Jobs
Adding to the health of Delaware.
Healthcare careers with Delaware Health and Social Services and State Departments are full of positive outcomes, growth and rewards.
Here, you’ll be at very heart of nursing, where your work will help to promote the health and well-being of Delawareans who are most vulnerable and at risk. If you’re looking for a career as a CNA, LPN, RN, Nurse Supervisor, APN or Compliance Nurse where you can put your positives into practice, you’ll find it here in the First State.
Many of our nursing jobs offer exceptional rewards and incentives, such as:
Sign-on bonuses up to $5,000
Pension
Parental leave
Excellent health benefits
Earn up to $1,000 for referrals
Opportunity for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Adding to the security and rehabilitation of inmates.
The teams working within the Delaware Department of Correction have the ability to turn something negative into something positive.
We bring our leadership skills, law enforcement training, compassion for people and conflict resolution abilities to our work every day to make our prisons safe, secure and humane centers of rehabilitation for our incarcerated populations.
Bring your positives to work within one of our featured DOC jobs, including Correctional Officers, Canine Handlers, Maintenance Workers and Food Service professionals. See all the good that comes from a career in Corrections with the First State, including:
Sign-on bonuses up to $5,000
Earn up to $2,000 for referrals
Tremendous opportunities for promotion
A 25-year pension plan
Parental leave
Excellent health benefits
Adding to stronger families and brighter futures.
The teams working within the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families are enhancing communities one family and one child at a time.
All of this adds up to strong communities, safe and healthy children and resilient families.
Bring your positives to work within one of our featured family service or youth rehabilitation jobs. See all the good that comes from family-focused career with the First State, including:
Sign-on bonuses up to $10,000
Earn up to $2,500 for referrals
Parental leave
Excellent health benefits
Pension plan
Opportunity for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Adding to a better Delaware.
Engineers within Delaware’s Department of Transportation and Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control are building a better state with visionary work that has a positive impact on our environment, natural beauty and daily life of Delawareans. We offer rewarding careers for a full array of engineering disciplines including civil, environmental, electrical, materials, chemical and mechanical engineering.
Bring your positives to work with one of our featured Engineering jobs. See all the good that comes from your career with the First State, including:
Sign-on bonuses up to $7,000
Excellent health benefits
Parental leave
Pension plan
Opportunity for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Adding to the comfort of our work force.
As an HVAC/Refrigeration Technician within the Delaware Office of Management and Budget, you’ll make life a lot more comfortable for your colleagues while you make a comfortable living with positive growth potential and incentives including:
Sign-on bonus of $3,000*
Excellent health benefits
Parental leave
Pension plan
Earn $1,000 for referrals*
*Sign-on bonus and referral bonus applicable to New Castle County positions only
