Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,033
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$8,467
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,304
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
$44,500
Kept after tax
$36,033
Worth in national money
$36,304
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Delaware pays this job around $44,500 at the midpoint, 28 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 445 occupations Delaware publishes, this job lands at 339. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $44,500, take-home of $36,033 is worth roughly $36,304 in national money. The average comes to $44,840, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For medical secretaries and administrative assistants the Delaware median is $44,500, ranking 28 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Delaware, this work ranks 339 of 445 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for medical secretaries and administrative assistants, whose median is $44,500, the adjusted figure of $36,304 differs little from $36,033 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $44,840 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,980 |
| This salary | $44,500 |
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 | $36,033 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,936 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,735 |
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 | $42,132 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,307 |
| 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 medical secretaries and administrative assistants in Delaware earn under $44,500 and half over. The published range runs $36,400 at the tenth percentile to $57,980 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $36,033 take-home in Delaware comes from $44,500. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 339 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,304, the adjusted value of that $44,500 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 339 of 445 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical secretaries and administrative assistants in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,400 to $57,980; 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.
- Retained pay of $36,033, from $44,500, assumes a single Delaware filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 339 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $36,304 — the adjusted value of that $44,500 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 339 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,400 at the tenth percentile, $57,980 at the ninetieth.
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 $36,304 in national terms.
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 $36,033.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,400 to $57,980) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Delaware rather than a national figure.
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 $36,304 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 $36,033 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.