Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,510
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$11,660
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,853
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
$57,170
Kept after tax
$45,510
Worth in national money
$45,853
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Delaware's middle earner gets $57,170, putting the state 6 of 51 — about 13.57% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 249 among 445 occupations Delaware publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $57,170 the take-home is $45,510, which is worth about $45,853 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $55,810, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance, Delaware sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $57,170, ranking 6 of 51 and running about 13.57% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 249 of 445 in Delaware places dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance on its $57,170 median: $45,510 retained after tax becomes $45,853 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $55,810 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,640 |
| This salary | $57,170 |
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 | $45,510 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,116 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,662 |
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 | $53,927 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,429 |
| 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 dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance in Delaware earn under $57,170 and half over. The published range runs $37,710 at the tenth percentile to $68,640 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $45,510 take-home in Delaware comes from $57,170. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 249 of 445.
- Two cautions on $45,853, the adjusted value of that $57,170 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 249 of 445 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,710 to $68,640; 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.
- Retained pay of $45,510, from $57,170, assumes a single Delaware filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 249 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 51 for it.
- This $45,853 adjusted figure, worked from $57,170, 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 249 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 249 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,710 at the tenth percentile, $68,640 at the ninetieth.
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 $45,853 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $45,510 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,710 to $68,640) 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 $45,853 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 $45,510 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.