Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,757
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$23,884
25.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,282
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
$93,640
Kept after tax
$69,757
Worth in national money
$70,282
State rank
18
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Delaware pays this job around $93,640 at the midpoint, 18 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Delaware. It ranks 100 out of 445 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $93,640, take-home of $69,757 is worth roughly $70,282 in national money. The average lands at $93,330, below the middle of the range.
- For geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers the Delaware median is $93,640, ranking 18 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Delaware, geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers ranks 100 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.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers, whose median is $93,640, the adjusted figure of $70,282 differs little from $69,757 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $93,330 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $108,840 |
| This salary | $93,640 |
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 | $69,757 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,706 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,596 |
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 | $86,605 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,111 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $93,640 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $66,710 and the ninetieth is $108,840 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Delaware's $69,757, worked from $93,640. 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 100 of 445.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $70,282 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 100.
- The Delaware median of $93,640 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $66,710 to $108,840. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Delaware take-home of $69,757, on $93,640 for work ranking 100 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 100 of 445 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $70,282, worked from $93,640, 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 100 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $66,710 and the top tenth $108,840, so most people doing this work in Delaware sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $70,282 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 $69,757 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($66,710 to $108,840) 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 $70,282 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 $69,757 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.