Delaware’s biopharmaceutical companies research and develop new treatments and cures that improve patient health while also contributing to U.S. economic health. These companies employ highly skilled union construction workers to build state-of-the-art research and manufacturing facilities to ensure infrastructure is built to exacting standards.

Construction Employment

Union Labor & Earnings, 2015-20

Pharmaceutical & Biotech

761,238

Labor Hours Demanded

(14 trades, installation, and maintenance)

221,672

Union Labor Hours (est)

(State union% in non-residential = 29.1%)

$6.4

million

Total Union Earnings (est.)

(Union hours times average wage)

Delaware Construction Labor Hours by Trade

Pharmaceutical & Biotech, 2015-20

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7,543

Installation

1,843

Maintenance

9,387

Total hours

Largest Construction Projects

Pharmaceutical & Biotech Manufacturing, 2015-20

The Chemours Company

201 Christina Pkwy, Newark, DE 19713, USA

Newark Grassroot Chemours Discovery R&D Hub

Newark, DE

$150,000,000

2017-2020

AstraZeneca US

587 South Old Baltimore Pike, Newark, DE 19702, USA

Newark Tablets, Injectables & Oral Liquids Packaging Plant Renovation

Newark, DE

$100,000,000

2014-2017

Incyte Corporation

1815 Augustine Cut Off, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA

Wilmington Blood Cancer Therapeutics R&D Building Addition

Wilmington, DE

$70,000,000

2019-2021

Wilmington PharmaTech Company LLC

229a Lake Dr, Newark, DE 19702, USA

Newark Small Scale APIs CDMO Building Fit Out Phase I and II

Newark, DE

$18,000,000

2018-2019

The Chemours Company

Newark Grassroot Chemours Discovery R&D Hub

Newark, DE

Location

$150,000,000

Project Value

2017-2020

Years

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You may be surprised by the connection between Delaware’s biopharmaceutical industry and union labor. A new study finds that from 2015-2020 America’s biopharmaceutical companies invested nearly $377 million in infrastructure in the state, creating 221,672 union labor hours. View Delaware’s labor-industry profile here: https://unionjobs.pilma.org/unionjobs/DE/

Delaware’s pharmaceutical companies and the building trades unions have a surprising relationship - a new study finds that from 2015-2020 biopharmaceutical companies invested nearly $377 million in infrastructure in the state, creating 221,672 union labor hours. View Delaware’s labor-industry profile here: https://unionjobs.pilma.org/unionjobs/DE/