Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,373
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$18,548
23.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,827
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
$78,920
Kept after tax
$60,373
Worth in national money
$60,827
State rank
10
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 $78,920, ranking 10 of 51 states and sitting about 3.04% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 132 among 445 occupations Delaware publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $78,920 the take-home is $60,373, which is worth about $60,827 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $78,240, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Delaware's median for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants is $78,920, about 3.04% above the national figure and 10 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.
- Position 132 of 445 in Delaware places executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants 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 executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants on its $78,920 median: $60,373 retained after tax becomes $60,827 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $78,240 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,130 |
| This salary | $78,920 |
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 | $60,373 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,350 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,394 |
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 | $73,266 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,451 |
| 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 executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in Delaware earn under $78,920 and half over. The published range runs $53,940 at the tenth percentile to $100,130 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $60,373, from $78,920, 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 132 of 445 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $60,827, the adjusted value of that $78,920 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 132 of 445 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $53,940 to $100,130; 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.
- Take-home for Delaware is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $60,373 from $78,920. 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 132 of 445 locally.
- This $60,827 adjusted figure, worked from $78,920, 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 132 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 132 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $53,940 at the tenth percentile, $100,130 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $60,827.
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 $60,373 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($53,940 to $100,130) 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 $60,827 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 $60,373 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.