Operations Research Analysts in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,493
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$26,577
26.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,054
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
$101,070
Kept after tax
$74,493
Worth in national money
$75,054
State rank
9
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is one of the better-paying states for operations research analysts. The middle earner takes $101,070, which ranks 9 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 13.64% above the national middle.
- Within Delaware this is well-paid work. Of 445 occupations with published figures in the state, operations research analysts ranks 73 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $101,070 the take-home is $74,493, which is worth about $75,054 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $101,810, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Delaware ranks 9 of 47 states publishing a median for operations research analysts, at $101,070 — about 13.64% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Delaware publishes a median for, operations research analysts sits 73 of 445 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for operations research analysts on its $101,070 median: $74,493 retained after tax becomes $75,054 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $101,810 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Operations Research Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,780 |
| This salary | $101,070 |
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 | $74,493 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,933 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,203 |
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 | $93,338 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,949 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $101,070 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $62,510 and the ninetieth is $132,780 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $74,493 take-home in Delaware comes from $101,070. 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 73 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $75,054, the adjusted value of that $101,070 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 73 of 445 in the state.
- The Delaware median of $101,070 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $62,510 to $132,780. 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 $74,493, from $101,070, 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 73 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 47 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $75,054 — the adjusted value of that $101,070 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 73 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $62,510 at the bottom tenth to $132,780 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $75,054 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $74,493 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($62,510 to $132,780) 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 $75,054 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 $74,493 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.