Administrative Services Managers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$98,891
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$41,019
29.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$99,636
Delaware costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Delaware — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$139,910
Kept after tax
$98,891
Worth in national money
$99,636
State rank
4
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Delaware's middle earner gets $139,910, putting the state 4 of 50 — about 22.59% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Delaware. It ranks 22 out of 445 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $139,910 the take-home is $98,891, which is worth about $99,636 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $151,130, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For administrative services managers, Delaware sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $139,910, ranking 4 of 50 and running about 22.59% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Delaware, administrative services managers ranks 22 of 445 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for administrative services managers on its $139,910 median: $98,891 retained after tax becomes $99,636 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $151,130 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Administrative Services Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $101,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $139,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $208,470 |
| This salary | $139,910 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Delaware | $98,891 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $106,894 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,366 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $128,201 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,738 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $139,910 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $101,030 and the ninetieth is $208,470 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $98,891 take-home in Delaware comes from $139,910. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 22 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $99,636, the adjusted value of that $139,910 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 22 of 445 in the state.
- The Delaware median of $139,910 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $101,030 to $208,470. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $98,891, from $139,910, assumes a single Delaware filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 22 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $99,636 — the adjusted value of that $139,910 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 22 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $151,130, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $101,030 and the top tenth $208,470 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $99,636.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Delaware then takes its own share, leaving $98,891.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Delaware is $151,130. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($101,030) and the ninetieth ($208,470) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Delaware's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $99,636 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $98,891 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Delaware income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.