Funeral Attendants in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,693
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$9,027
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,977
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
$46,720
Kept after tax
$37,693
Worth in national money
$37,977
State rank
4
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Delaware pays funeral attendants a middle wage of $46,720, ranking 4 of 48 states and sitting about 30.94% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Funeral attendants ranks 319 among 445 occupations Delaware publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $46,720, take-home of $37,693 is worth roughly $37,977 in national money. The average comes to $47,170, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Delaware's median for funeral attendants is $46,720, about 30.94% above the national figure and 4 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 319 of 445 in Delaware places funeral attendants 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 funeral attendants, whose median is $46,720, the adjusted figure of $37,977 differs little from $37,693 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $47,170 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Funeral Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $55,950 |
| This salary | $46,720 |
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 | $37,693 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,720 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,897 |
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 | $44,198 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,504 |
| 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 funeral attendants in Delaware earn under $46,720 and half over. The published range runs $42,730 at the tenth percentile to $55,950 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $37,693 take-home in Delaware comes from $46,720. 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 319 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $37,977, the adjusted value of that $46,720 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 319 of 445 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for funeral attendants in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,730 to $55,950; 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 $37,693, from $46,720, 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 319 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $37,977 — the adjusted value of that $46,720 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 319 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $42,730 and the top tenth $55,950, so most people doing this work in Delaware sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $37,977 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $37,693 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 ($42,730 to $55,950) 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 $37,977 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 $37,693 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.