New Accounts Clerks in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,015
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$9,135
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,301
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
$47,150
Kept after tax
$38,015
Worth in national money
$38,301
State rank
24
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware sits in the middle of the pack for new accounts clerks. The median is $47,150, ranking 24 of 45 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. New accounts clerks ranks 314 among 445 occupations Delaware publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $47,150 the take-home is $38,015, which is worth about $38,301 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $46,740, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Delaware occupies the middle band for new accounts clerks: a median of $47,150, ranking 24 of 45. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 314 of 445 in Delaware places new accounts clerks in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for new accounts clerks on its $47,150 median: $38,015 retained after tax becomes $38,301 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $46,740 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: New Accounts Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,810 |
| This salary | $47,150 |
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 | $38,015 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,065 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,929 |
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 | $44,599 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,542 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,150 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,360 and the ninetieth is $56,810 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $38,015 take-home in Delaware comes from $47,150. 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 314 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,301, the adjusted value of that $47,150 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 314 of 445 in the state.
- The Delaware median of $47,150 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,360 to $56,810. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $38,015, from $47,150, 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 314 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $38,301 — the adjusted value of that $47,150 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 314 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,360 at the tenth percentile, $56,810 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 $38,301 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, $38,015 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,360 to $56,810) 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 $38,301 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 $38,015 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.