Budget Analysts in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,336
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$19,664
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,805
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
$82,000
Kept after tax
$62,336
Worth in national money
$62,805
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for budget analysts is on the low side in Delaware. The middle earner gets $82,000. That is 38 of 51 states, and about 10.52% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Budget analysts ranks 121 among 445 occupations Delaware publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $82,000, tax leaves $62,336, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $62,805 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $89,320, since top earners drag the number up.
- For budget analysts, Delaware sits in the lower band at $82,000, ranking 38 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 10.52%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 121 of 445 in Delaware places budget analysts in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Because Delaware sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for budget analysts — median $82,000 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $62,336 retained, $62,805 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $89,320 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Budget Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $122,260 |
| This salary | $82,000 |
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 | $62,336 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,517 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,646 |
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 | $76,057 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,798 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of budget analysts in Delaware earn under $82,000 and half over. The published range runs $65,980 at the tenth percentile to $122,260 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $62,336 take-home in Delaware comes from $82,000. 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 121 of 445.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $62,805 uses one figure for the whole of Delaware. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 445 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 121.
- Figures are distribution medians for budget analysts in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $65,980 to $122,260; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $62,336, from $82,000, 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 121 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $62,805, worked from $82,000, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Delaware address, on work sitting at 121 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 $89,320, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $65,980 at the tenth percentile, $122,260 at the ninetieth.
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 $62,805.
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 $62,336.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $89,320. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($65,980 to $122,260) 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 $62,805 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 $62,336 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.