Financial Managers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$124,623
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$56,957
31.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$125,561
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
$181,580
Kept after tax
$124,623
Worth in national money
$125,561
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is one of the better-paying states for financial managers. The middle earner takes $181,580, which ranks 7 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 9.01% above the national middle.
- Within Delaware this is well-paid work. Of 445 occupations with published figures in the state, financial managers ranks 6 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $181,580 the take-home is $124,623, which is worth about $125,561 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $203,890, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Delaware ranks 7 of 51 states publishing a median for financial managers, at $181,580 — about 9.01% 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, financial managers sits 6 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 financial managers on its $181,580 median: $124,623 retained after tax becomes $125,561 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $203,890 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Financial Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $129,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $181,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $321,620 |
| This salary | $181,580 |
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 | $124,623 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $135,376 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,751 |
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 | $165,847 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$19,550 |
| 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 financial managers in Delaware earn under $181,580 and half over. The published range runs $129,930 at the tenth percentile to $321,620 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $124,623 take-home in Delaware comes from $181,580. 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 6 of 445.
- Two cautions on $125,561, the adjusted value of that $181,580 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 6 of 445 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for financial managers in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $129,930 to $321,620; 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 $124,623, from $181,580, 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 6 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 51 for it.
- This $125,561 adjusted figure, worked from $181,580, 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 6 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 6 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $203,890, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $129,930 and the top tenth $321,620 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $125,561.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Delaware then takes its own share, leaving $124,623.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $203,890. 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 ($129,930) and the ninetieth ($321,620) 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 $125,561 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 $124,623 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.