First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,470
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$12,320
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,827
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
$59,790
Kept after tax
$47,470
Worth in national money
$47,827
State rank
3
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 $59,790, ranking 3 of 51 states and sitting about 23.13% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 228 among 445 occupations Delaware publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $59,790 the take-home is $47,470, which is worth about $47,827 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $59,660, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Delaware's median for first-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services is $59,790, about 23.13% above the national figure and 3 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 228 of 445 in Delaware places first-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services 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 first-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services on its $59,790 median: $47,470 retained after tax becomes $47,827 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $59,660 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,220 |
| This salary | $59,790 |
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 | $47,470 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,221 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,854 |
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 | $56,366 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,661 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $59,790 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,760 and the ninetieth is $81,220 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Delaware's $47,470, worked from $59,790. 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 228 of 445.
- Two cautions on $47,827, the adjusted value of that $59,790 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 228 of 445 locally.
- The Delaware median of $59,790 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,760 to $81,220. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Delaware take-home of $47,470, on $59,790 for work ranking 228 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 228 of 445 in the state.
- This $47,827 adjusted figure, worked from $59,790, 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 228 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 228 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $40,760 at the tenth percentile, $81,220 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Delaware is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $47,827 in national terms.
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 $47,470 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 ($40,760 to $81,220) 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 $47,827 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 $47,470 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.