Fundraising Managers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$93,853
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$37,897
28.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$94,559
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
$131,750
Kept after tax
$93,853
Worth in national money
$94,559
State rank
10
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is one of the better-paying states for fundraising managers. The middle earner takes $131,750, which ranks 10 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 5.01% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Delaware. It ranks 32 out of 445 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $131,750 the take-home is $93,853, which is worth about $94,559 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $143,050, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Delaware ranks 10 of 48 states publishing a median for fundraising managers, at $131,750 — about 5.01% 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.
- Within Delaware, fundraising managers ranks 32 of 445 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for fundraising managers on its $131,750 median: $93,853 retained after tax becomes $94,559 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $143,050 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Fundraising Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $95,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $131,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $213,940 |
| This salary | $131,750 |
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 | $93,853 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $101,317 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,704 |
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 | $120,857 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,686 |
| 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 $131,750. The published range is $95,540 up to $213,940, 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 $93,853, worked from $131,750. 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 32 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $94,559, the adjusted value of that $131,750 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 32 of 445 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for fundraising managers in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $95,540 to $213,940. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Delaware take-home of $93,853, on $131,750 for work ranking 32 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 32 of 445 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $94,559 — the adjusted value of that $131,750 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 32 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $143,050, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $95,540, the highest tenth $213,940, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Delaware sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $94,559 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $93,853 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 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 $143,050. 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 ($95,540) and the ninetieth ($213,940) 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 $94,559 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 $93,853 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.