Loan Interviewers and Clerks in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,951
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$11,809
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,297
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
$57,760
Kept after tax
$45,951
Worth in national money
$46,297
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for loan interviewers and clerks is strong here. Delaware's middle earner gets $57,760, putting the state 9 of 51 — about 15.47% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 445 occupations Delaware reports figures for, this is number 244.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $57,760 the take-home is $45,951, which is worth about $46,297 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $57,380, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For loan interviewers and clerks, Delaware sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $57,760, ranking 9 of 51 and running about 15.47% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Delaware's occupational distribution, loan interviewers and clerks sits at 244 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.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for loan interviewers and clerks on its $57,760 median: $45,951 retained after tax becomes $46,297 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $57,380 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Loan Interviewers and Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,030 |
| This salary | $57,760 |
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 | $45,951 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,590 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,706 |
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 | $54,476 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,481 |
| 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 loan interviewers and clerks in Delaware earn under $57,760 and half over. The published range runs $35,690 at the tenth percentile to $78,030 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $45,951, from $57,760, 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 244 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 $46,297 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 244.
- Figures are distribution medians for loan interviewers and clerks in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,690 to $78,030; 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.
- Take-home for Delaware is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $45,951 from $57,760. 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 244 of 445 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,297, worked from $57,760, 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 244 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $35,690, the highest tenth $78,030, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Delaware sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $46,297 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $45,951 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($35,690) and the ninetieth ($78,030) 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 $46,297 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 $45,951 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.