Labor Relations Specialists in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,147
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$25,243
25.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,690
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
$97,390
Kept after tax
$72,147
Worth in national money
$72,690
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is one of the better-paying states for labor relations specialists. The middle earner takes $97,390, which ranks 11 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 2.06% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Delaware. It ranks 87 out of 445 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $97,390, tax leaves $72,147, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $72,690 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $103,470, since top earners drag the number up.
- Delaware ranks 11 of 51 states publishing a median for labor relations specialists, at $97,390 — about 2.06% 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, labor relations specialists ranks 87 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 labor relations specialists — median $97,390 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $72,147 retained, $72,690 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $103,470 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Labor Relations Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $70,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $137,870 |
| This salary | $97,390 |
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 | $72,147 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,344 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,902 |
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 | $90,003 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,534 |
| 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 $97,390. The published range is $70,810 up to $137,870, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $72,147, from $97,390, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 87 of 445 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $72,690 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 87.
- Reported values are medians; for labor relations specialists in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $70,810 to $137,870. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Delaware is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $72,147 from $97,390. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 87 of 445 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $72,690, worked from $97,390, 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 87 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $103,470 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $70,810 at the bottom tenth to $137,870 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $72,690.
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, $72,147 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $103,470. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($70,810 to $137,870) 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 $72,690 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 $72,147 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.