Customer Service Representatives in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,793
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$9,397
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,085
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
$48,190
Kept after tax
$38,793
Worth in national money
$39,085
State rank
6
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 $48,190, ranking 6 of 51 states and sitting about 7.64% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 445 occupations Delaware reports figures for, this is number 302.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $48,190, take-home of $38,793 is worth roughly $39,085 in national money. The average comes to $51,700, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Delaware's median for customer service representatives is $48,190, about 7.64% 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.
- In Delaware's occupational distribution, customer service representatives sits at 302 of 445 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for customer service representatives, whose median is $48,190, the adjusted figure of $39,085 differs little from $38,793 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $51,700 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Customer Service Representatives
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,970 |
| This salary | $48,190 |
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 | $38,793 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,901 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,005 |
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 | $45,567 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,634 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,190 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,080 and the ninetieth is $75,970 — 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 $38,793, worked from $48,190. 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 302 of 445.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,085 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 302.
- The Delaware median of $48,190 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,080 to $75,970. 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 $38,793, on $48,190 for work ranking 302 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 302 of 445 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,085, worked from $48,190, 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 302 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 $51,700, 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 $36,080 at the bottom tenth to $75,970 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $39,085 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 $38,793 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 $51,700. 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 ($36,080) and the ninetieth ($75,970) 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 $39,085 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 $38,793 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.