Logisticians in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,318
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$24,772
25.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,855
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
$96,090
Kept after tax
$71,318
Worth in national money
$71,855
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is one of the better-paying states for logisticians. The middle earner takes $96,090, which ranks 10 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 16.73% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Delaware. It ranks 91 out of 445 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $96,090, tax leaves $71,318, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $71,855 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $99,330, since top earners drag the number up.
- Delaware ranks 10 of 51 states publishing a median for logisticians, at $96,090 — about 16.73% 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, logisticians ranks 91 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 logisticians — median $96,090 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $71,318 retained, $71,855 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $99,330 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Logisticians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $67,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $139,590 |
| This salary | $96,090 |
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 | $71,318 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,429 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,796 |
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 | $88,825 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,387 |
| 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 logisticians in Delaware earn under $96,090 and half over. The published range runs $67,380 at the tenth percentile to $139,590 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Delaware's $71,318, worked from $96,090. 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 91 of 445.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $71,855 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 91.
- Figures are distribution medians for logisticians in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $67,380 to $139,590; 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.
- The Delaware take-home of $71,318, on $96,090 for work ranking 91 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 91 of 445 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $71,855, worked from $96,090, 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 91 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 $99,330, 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 $67,380, the highest tenth $139,590, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $71,855.
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 $71,318 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 $99,330. 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 ($67,380) and the ninetieth ($139,590) 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 $71,855 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 $71,318 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.