Legal Support Workers, All Other in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,807
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$19,363
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,272
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
$81,170
Kept after tax
$61,807
Worth in national money
$62,272
State rank
10
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is one of the better-paying states for legal support workers, all other. The middle earner takes $81,170, which ranks 10 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 12.56% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 445 occupations Delaware reports figures for, this is number 124.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $81,170, tax leaves $61,807, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $62,272 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $85,140, since top earners drag the number up.
- Delaware ranks 10 of 45 states publishing a median for legal support workers, all other, at $81,170 — about 12.56% 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.
- In Delaware's occupational distribution, legal support workers, all other sits at 124 of 445 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Delaware sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for legal support workers, all other — median $81,170 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $61,807 retained, $62,272 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $85,140 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Legal Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,340 |
| This salary | $81,170 |
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 | $61,807 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,933 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,578 |
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 | $75,305 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,705 |
| 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 $81,170. The published range is $51,920 up to $133,340, 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 $61,807, worked from $81,170. 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 124 of 445.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $62,272 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 124.
- Reported values are medians; for legal support workers, all other in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $51,920 to $133,340. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Delaware take-home of $61,807, on $81,170 for work ranking 124 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 124 of 445 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $62,272, worked from $81,170, 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 124 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $85,140, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $51,920, the highest tenth $133,340, 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 $62,272 in national terms.
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, $61,807 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $85,140. 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 ($51,920) and the ninetieth ($133,340) 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 $62,272 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 $61,807 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.