Human Resources Managers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$107,524
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$46,366
30.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$108,333
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
$153,890
Kept after tax
$107,524
Worth in national money
$108,333
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is one of the better-paying states for human resources managers. The middle earner takes $153,890, which ranks 11 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 3.09% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Delaware. It ranks 15 out of 445 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $153,890, tax leaves $107,524, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $108,333 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $166,100, since top earners drag the number up.
- Delaware ranks 11 of 51 states publishing a median for human resources managers, at $153,890 — about 3.09% 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, human resources managers ranks 15 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.
- Because Delaware sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for human resources managers — median $153,890 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $107,524 retained, $108,333 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $166,100 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Human Resources Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $85,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $153,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $273,790 |
| This salary | $153,890 |
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 | $107,524 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $116,450 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,502 |
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 | $140,831 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,352 |
| 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 human resources managers in Delaware earn under $153,890 and half over. The published range runs $85,760 at the tenth percentile to $273,790 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $107,524 take-home in Delaware comes from $153,890. 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 15 of 445.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $108,333 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 15.
- Figures are distribution medians for human resources managers in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $85,760 to $273,790; 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 $107,524, from $153,890, 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 15 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $108,333, worked from $153,890, 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 15 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 $166,100, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $85,760, the highest tenth $273,790, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $108,333 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 $107,524 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $166,100. 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 ($85,760) and the ninetieth ($273,790) 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 $108,333 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 $107,524 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.