Database Architects in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$103,764
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$44,037
29.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$104,544
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
$147,800
Kept after tax
$103,764
Worth in national money
$104,544
State rank
8
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is one of the better-paying states for database architects. The middle earner takes $147,800, which ranks 8 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 5.95% above the national middle.
- Within Delaware this is well-paid work. Of 445 occupations with published figures in the state, database architects ranks 20 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $147,800 the take-home is $103,764, which is worth about $104,544 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $138,080, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Delaware ranks 8 of 46 states publishing a median for database architects, at $147,800 — about 5.95% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation Delaware publishes a median for, database architects sits 20 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 database architects on its $147,800 median: $103,764 retained after tax becomes $104,544 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $138,080 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Database Architects
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $83,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $147,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $160,860 |
| This salary | $147,800 |
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 | $103,764 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $112,287 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,007 |
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 | $135,329 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,649 |
| 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 $147,800. The published range is $83,370 up to $160,860, 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 $103,764, worked from $147,800. 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 20 of 445.
- Two cautions on $104,544, the adjusted value of that $147,800 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 20 of 445 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for database architects in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $83,370 to $160,860. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Delaware take-home of $103,764, on $147,800 for work ranking 20 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 20 of 445 in the state.
- This $104,544 adjusted figure, worked from $147,800, 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 20 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 20 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 $138,080, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $83,370 at the bottom tenth to $160,860 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $104,544 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 $103,764 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $138,080. 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 ($83,370 to $160,860) 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 $104,544 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 $103,764 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.