Architectural and Engineering Managers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$124,382
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$56,808
31.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$125,318
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
$181,190
Kept after tax
$124,382
Worth in national money
$125,318
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Delaware's middle earner gets $181,190, putting the state 7 of 51 — about 5.79% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 445 occupations Delaware reports, this job comes in at 7 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $181,190, tax leaves $124,382, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $125,318 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $180,960.
- For architectural and engineering managers, Delaware sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $181,190, ranking 7 of 51 and running about 5.79% 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.
- Architectural and engineering managers ranks 7 of 445 occupations by median in Delaware, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Because Delaware sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for architectural and engineering managers — median $181,190 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $124,382 retained, $125,318 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $180,960 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Architectural and Engineering Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $131,490 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $181,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $222,050 |
| This salary | $181,190 |
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 | $124,382 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $135,109 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,719 |
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 | $165,495 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$19,505 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $181,190 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $131,490 and the ninetieth is $222,050 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Delaware's $124,382, worked from $181,190. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 7 of 445.
- Two cautions on $125,318, the adjusted value of that $181,190 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Delaware. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 7 of 445 locally.
- The Delaware median of $181,190 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $131,490 to $222,050. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Delaware take-home of $124,382, on $181,190 for work ranking 7 of 445 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 7 of 445 in the state.
- This $125,318 adjusted figure, worked from $181,190, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 7 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 7 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $131,490 and the top tenth $222,050, so most people doing this work in Delaware sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $125,318.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Delaware's own levy, $124,382 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($131,490 to $222,050) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Delaware rather than a national figure.
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 $125,318 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 $124,382 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.