Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,887
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$25,663
26.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,435
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
$98,550
Kept after tax
$72,887
Worth in national money
$73,435
State rank
12
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Delaware's middle earner gets $98,550, putting the state 12 of 50 — about 1.96% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Delaware. It ranks 84 out of 445 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $98,550, take-home of $72,887 is worth roughly $73,435 in national money. The average comes to $100,370, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For postmasters and mail superintendents, Delaware sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $98,550, ranking 12 of 50 and running about 1.96% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Delaware, postmasters and mail superintendents ranks 84 of 445 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for postmasters and mail superintendents, whose median is $98,550, the adjusted figure of $73,435 differs little from $72,887 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $100,370 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $89,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $115,940 |
| This salary | $98,550 |
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 | $72,887 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,160 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,997 |
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 | $91,054 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,665 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $98,550 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $89,770 and the ninetieth is $115,940 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $72,887 take-home in Delaware comes from $98,550. 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 84 of 445.
- Two cautions on $73,435, the adjusted value of that $98,550 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 84 of 445 locally.
- The Delaware median of $98,550 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $89,770 to $115,940. 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 $72,887, from $98,550, 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 84 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 50 for it.
- This $73,435 adjusted figure, worked from $98,550, 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 84 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 84 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $89,770 at the tenth percentile, $115,940 at the ninetieth.
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 $73,435 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 $72,887.
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 50 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 ($89,770 to $115,940) 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 $73,435 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 $72,887 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.