Management Analysts in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,480
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$26,001
26.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,033
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
$99,480
Kept after tax
$73,480
Worth in national money
$74,033
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware sits in the middle of the pack for management analysts. The median is $99,480, ranking 23 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 445 occupations Delaware reports, management analysts comes in at 82 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $99,480, tax leaves $73,480, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $74,033 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $106,170, since top earners drag the number up.
- Delaware occupies the middle band for management analysts: a median of $99,480, ranking 23 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Management analysts ranks 82 of 445 occupations by median in Delaware, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Because Delaware sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for management analysts — median $99,480 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $73,480 retained, $74,033 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $106,170 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Management Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $165,050 |
| This salary | $99,480 |
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 | $73,480 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,814 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,073 |
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 | $91,897 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,770 |
| 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 management analysts in Delaware earn under $99,480 and half over. The published range runs $59,540 at the tenth percentile to $165,050 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 $73,480, worked from $99,480. 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 82 of 445.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $74,033 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 82.
- Figures are distribution medians for management analysts in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $59,540 to $165,050; 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 $73,480, on $99,480 for work ranking 82 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 82 of 445 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $74,033, worked from $99,480, 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 82 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 $106,170, 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 $59,540, the highest tenth $165,050, 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 $74,033 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, $73,480 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 $106,170. 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 ($59,540) and the ninetieth ($165,050) 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 $74,033 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 $73,480 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.