Editors in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,886
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$17,134
22.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,322
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
$75,020
Kept after tax
$57,886
Worth in national money
$58,322
State rank
14
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is one of the better-paying states for editors. The middle earner takes $75,020, which ranks 14 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 3.72% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Delaware, this sits in the middle: 151 of 445 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $75,020 the take-home is $57,886, which is worth about $58,322 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $77,120, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Delaware ranks 14 of 50 states publishing a median for editors, at $75,020 — about 3.72% 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.
- Editors ranks 151 of 445 occupations in Delaware by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for editors on its $75,020 median: $57,886 retained after tax becomes $58,322 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $77,120 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Editors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,420 |
| This salary | $75,020 |
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 | $57,886 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,607 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,076 |
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 | $69,732 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,011 |
| 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 $75,020. The published range is $41,770 up to $106,420, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $57,886, from $75,020, 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 151 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 $58,322 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 151.
- Reported values are medians; for editors in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,770 to $106,420. 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 $57,886 from $75,020. 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 151 of 445 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $58,322, worked from $75,020, 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 151 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $41,770, the highest tenth $106,420, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $58,322 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 $57,886 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($41,770) and the ninetieth ($106,420) 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 $58,322 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 $57,886 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.