First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,663
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$17,007
22.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,097
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
$74,670
Kept after tax
$57,663
Worth in national money
$58,097
State rank
39
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Delaware. The middle earner gets $74,670. That is 39 of 50 states, and about 20.16% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 152 among 445 occupations Delaware publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $74,670, take-home of $57,663 is worth roughly $58,097 in national money. The average comes to $79,810, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers, Delaware sits in the lower band at $74,670, ranking 39 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 20.16%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 152 of 445 in Delaware places first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention 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.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers, whose median is $74,670, the adjusted figure of $58,097 differs little from $57,663 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $79,810 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,100 |
| This salary | $74,670 |
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 | $57,663 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,360 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,047 |
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 | $69,415 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,972 |
| 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 $74,670. The published range is $50,130 up to $100,100, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Delaware's $57,663, worked from $74,670. 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 152 of 445.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $58,097 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 152.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,130 to $100,100. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Delaware take-home of $57,663, on $74,670 for work ranking 152 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 152 of 445 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $58,097, worked from $74,670, 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 152 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 $79,810, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $50,130 at the tenth percentile, $100,100 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 $58,097 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, $57,663 remains.
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.
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 $79,810. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,130 to $100,100) 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 $58,097 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 $57,663 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.