General and Operations Managers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$97,230
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$39,990
29.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$97,962
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
$137,220
Kept after tax
$97,230
Worth in national money
$97,962
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $137,220, which ranks 5 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 29.73% above the national middle.
- Within Delaware this is well-paid work. Of 445 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 26 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $137,220, tax leaves $97,230, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $97,962 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $163,820, since top earners drag the number up.
- Delaware ranks 5 of 51 states publishing a median for general and operations managers, at $137,220 — about 29.73% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Delaware publishes a median for, general and operations managers sits 26 of 445 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Delaware sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for general and operations managers — median $137,220 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $97,230 retained, $97,962 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $163,820 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: General and Operations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $73,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $137,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $310,700 |
| This salary | $137,220 |
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 | $97,230 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $105,056 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,148 |
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 | $125,771 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,427 |
| 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 $137,220. The published range is $73,430 up to $310,700, 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 $97,230, worked from $137,220. 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 26 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $97,962, the adjusted value of that $137,220 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 26 of 445 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for general and operations managers in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $73,430 to $310,700. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Delaware take-home of $97,230, on $137,220 for work ranking 26 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 26 of 445 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $97,962 — the adjusted value of that $137,220 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 26 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 $163,820, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $73,430 and the top tenth $310,700 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $97,962 in national terms.
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 $97,230 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $163,820. 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 ($73,430) and the ninetieth ($310,700) 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 $97,962 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 $97,230 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.