First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,487
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$14,063
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,882
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
$66,550
Kept after tax
$52,487
Worth in national money
$52,882
State rank
7
of 48 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 $66,550, ranking 7 of 48 states and sitting about 12.19% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 179 among 445 occupations Delaware publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $66,550 the take-home is $52,487, which is worth about $52,882 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $68,440, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Delaware's median for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers is $66,550, about 12.19% above the national figure and 7 of 48 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 179 of 445 in Delaware places first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers 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 farming, fishing, and forestry workers on its $66,550 median: $52,487 retained after tax becomes $52,882 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $68,440 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,010 |
| This salary | $66,550 |
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 | $52,487 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,648 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,384 |
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 | $62,609 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,308 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers in Delaware earn under $66,550 and half over. The published range runs $51,310 at the tenth percentile to $95,010 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $52,487 take-home in Delaware comes from $66,550. 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 179 of 445.
- Two cautions on $52,882, the adjusted value of that $66,550 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 179 of 445 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,310 to $95,010; 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 $52,487, from $66,550, 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 179 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 48 for it.
- This $52,882 adjusted figure, worked from $66,550, 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 179 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 179 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $51,310 at the bottom tenth to $95,010 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $52,882 in national terms.
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, $52,487 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($51,310 to $95,010) 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 $52,882 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 $52,487 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.