First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,382
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$9,258
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,670
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
$47,640
Kept after tax
$38,382
Worth in national money
$38,670
State rank
50
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Delaware pays this job a middle wage of $47,640, 50 of 50 states and about 37.64% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 445 occupations Delaware reports figures for, this is number 308.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $47,640 the take-home is $38,382, which is worth about $38,670 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $55,250, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Delaware's $47,640 median for first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other places it 50 of 50 states, about 37.64% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Delaware's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other sits at 308 of 445 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other on its $47,640 median: $38,382 retained after tax becomes $38,670 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $55,250 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,220 |
| This salary | $47,640 |
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 | $38,382 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,459 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,964 |
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 | $45,055 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,585 |
| 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 $47,640. The published range is $35,220 up to $85,220, 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 $38,382, worked from $47,640. 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 308 of 445.
- Two cautions on $38,670, the adjusted value of that $47,640 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 308 of 445 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,220 to $85,220. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Delaware take-home of $38,382, on $47,640 for work ranking 308 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 308 of 445 in the state.
- This $38,670 adjusted figure, worked from $47,640, 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 308 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 308 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 $55,250, 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $35,220 at the bottom tenth to $85,220 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $38,670.
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 $38,382 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $55,250. 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 ($35,220) and the ninetieth ($85,220) 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 $38,670 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 $38,382 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.