Compliance Officers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,105
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$22,945
25.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,618
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
$91,050
Kept after tax
$68,105
Worth in national money
$68,618
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Delaware pays compliance officers a middle wage of $91,050, ranking 6 of 51 states and sitting about 12.78% above the national middle.
- Within Delaware this is well-paid work. Of 445 occupations with published figures in the state, compliance officers ranks 106 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $91,050 the take-home is $68,105, which is worth about $68,618 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $92,020, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Delaware's median for compliance officers is $91,050, about 12.78% above the national figure and 6 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Delaware publishes a median for, compliance officers sits 106 of 445 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for compliance officers on its $91,050 median: $68,105 retained after tax becomes $68,618 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $92,020 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Compliance Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $91,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $137,540 |
| This salary | $91,050 |
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 | $68,105 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $72,884 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,385 |
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 | $84,258 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,819 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Delaware earn less than $91,050. The published range is $51,930 up to $137,540, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Delaware's $68,105, worked from $91,050. 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 106 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $68,618, the adjusted value of that $91,050 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 106 of 445 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for compliance officers in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $51,930 to $137,540. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Delaware take-home of $68,105, on $91,050 for work ranking 106 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 106 of 445 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $68,618 — the adjusted value of that $91,050 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 106 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $51,930 and the top tenth $137,540 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Delaware is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $68,618 in national terms.
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, $68,105 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($51,930) and the ninetieth ($137,540) 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 $68,618 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 $68,105 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.