Computer Systems Analysts in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,543
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$30,017
27.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,149
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
$110,560
Kept after tax
$80,543
Worth in national money
$81,149
State rank
11
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Delaware pays computer systems analysts a middle wage of $110,560, ranking 11 of 50 states and sitting about 4.45% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 445 occupations Delaware reports, computer systems analysts comes in at 51 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $110,560, tax leaves $80,543, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $81,149 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $115,040, since top earners drag the number up.
- Delaware's median for computer systems analysts is $110,560, about 4.45% above the national figure and 11 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Computer systems analysts ranks 51 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 computer systems analysts — median $110,560 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $80,543 retained, $81,149 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $115,040 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer Systems Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $72,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $110,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $163,060 |
| This salary | $110,560 |
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 | $80,543 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $86,609 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,978 |
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 | $101,937 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,020 |
| 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 $110,560. The published range is $72,470 up to $163,060, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $80,543, from $110,560, 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 51 of 445 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $81,149 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 51.
- Reported values are medians; for computer systems analysts in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $72,470 to $163,060. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Delaware is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $80,543 from $110,560. 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 51 of 445 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $81,149, worked from $110,560, 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 51 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 $115,040, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $72,470 at the bottom tenth to $163,060 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $81,149 in national terms.
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 $80,543 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $115,040. 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 ($72,470) and the ninetieth ($163,060) 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 $81,149 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 $80,543 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.