Medical Records Specialists in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,680
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$11,380
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,016
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
$56,060
Kept after tax
$44,680
Worth in national money
$45,016
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Delaware pays medical records specialists a middle wage of $56,060, ranking 17 of 51 states and sitting about 9.62% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Delaware, this sits in the middle: 257 of 445 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $56,060, take-home of $44,680 is worth roughly $45,016 in national money. The average comes to $56,540, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Delaware's median for medical records specialists is $56,060, about 9.62% above the national figure and 17 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Medical records specialists ranks 257 of 445 occupations in Delaware by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for medical records specialists, whose median is $56,060, the adjusted figure of $45,016 differs little from $44,680 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $56,540 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Medical Records Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,500 |
| This salary | $56,060 |
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 | $44,680 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,224 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,581 |
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 | $52,893 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,331 |
| 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 $56,060. The published range is $36,870 up to $77,500, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $44,680, from $56,060, 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 257 of 445 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $45,016, the adjusted value of that $56,060 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Delaware. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 257 of 445 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for medical records specialists in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,870 to $77,500. 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 $44,680 from $56,060. 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 257 of 445 locally.
- This $45,016 adjusted figure, worked from $56,060, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 257 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 257 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $36,870, the highest tenth $77,500, 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 $45,016 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Delaware then takes its own share, leaving $44,680.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,870) and the ninetieth ($77,500) 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 $45,016 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 $44,680 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.