Computer Occupations, All Other in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$97,385
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$40,085
29.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$98,118
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
$137,470
Kept after tax
$97,385
Worth in national money
$98,118
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Delaware pays this job a middle wage of $137,470, ranking 5 of 51 states and sitting about 17.92% above the national middle.
- Within Delaware this is well-paid work. Of 445 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 25 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $137,470, take-home of $97,385 is worth roughly $98,118 in national money. The average comes to $142,050, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Delaware's median for computer occupations, all other is $137,470, about 17.92% above the national figure and 5 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, computer occupations, all other sits 25 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.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for computer occupations, all other, whose median is $137,470, the adjusted figure of $98,118 differs little from $97,385 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $142,050 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Computer Occupations, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $137,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $170,850 |
| This salary | $137,470 |
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 | $97,385 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $105,227 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,168 |
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 | $125,997 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,456 |
| 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 computer occupations, all other in Delaware earn under $137,470 and half over. The published range runs $65,820 at the tenth percentile to $170,850 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $97,385, from $137,470, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 25 of 445 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $98,118, the adjusted value of that $137,470 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 25 of 445 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for computer occupations, all other in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $65,820 to $170,850; 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.
- Take-home for Delaware is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $97,385 from $137,470. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 25 of 445 locally.
- This $98,118 adjusted figure, worked from $137,470, 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 25 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 25 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 $142,050, 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 $65,820 and the top tenth $170,850 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Delaware sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $98,118 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Delaware adds its own income tax on top — which is why $97,385 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $142,050. 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 ($65,820) and the ninetieth ($170,850) 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 $98,118 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 $97,385 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.