Orderlies in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,509
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$8,291
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,777
Delaware costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the top tenth 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
$43,800
Kept after tax
$35,509
Worth in national money
$35,777
State rank
8
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is one of the better-paying states for orderlies. The middle earner takes $43,800, which ranks 8 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 14.39% above the national middle.
- Within Delaware this is lower-paid work. Of 445 occupations the state publishes figures for, orderlies ranks 347. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $43,800, take-home of $35,509 is worth roughly $35,777 in national money. The average lands at $42,370, below the middle of the range.
- Delaware ranks 8 of 47 states publishing a median for orderlies, at $43,800 — about 14.39% 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.
- Against every occupation Delaware reports, orderlies ranks 347 of 445, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for orderlies, whose median is $43,800, the adjusted figure of $35,777 differs little from $35,509 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $42,370 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Orderlies
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $43,800 |
| This salary | $43,800 |
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 | $35,509 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,373 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,683 |
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 | $41,480 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,245 |
| 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 orderlies in Delaware earn under $43,800 and half over. The published range runs $36,620 at the tenth percentile to $43,800 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $35,509 take-home in Delaware comes from $43,800. 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 347 of 445.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $35,777 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 347.
- Figures are distribution medians for orderlies in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,620 to $43,800; 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 $35,509, from $43,800, 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 347 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,777, worked from $43,800, 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 347 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $42,370 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,620 at the bottom tenth to $43,800 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $35,777.
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 $35,509.
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.
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 $42,370. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,620 to $43,800) 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 $35,777 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 $35,509 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.