Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,260
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$19,621
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,728
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
$81,880
Kept after tax
$62,260
Worth in national money
$62,728
State rank
7
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Delaware pays this job a middle wage of $81,880, ranking 7 of 46 states and sitting about 23.56% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 445 occupations Delaware reports figures for, this is number 122.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $81,880 the take-home is $62,260, which is worth about $62,728 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $80,140, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Delaware's median for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists is $81,880, about 23.56% above the national figure and 7 of 46 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Delaware's occupational distribution, probation officers and correctional treatment specialists sits at 122 of 445 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists on its $81,880 median: $62,260 retained after tax becomes $62,728 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $80,140 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,000 |
| This salary | $81,880 |
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 | $62,260 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,433 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,636 |
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 | $75,948 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,785 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $81,880 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $56,260 and the ninetieth is $102,000 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Delaware's $62,260, worked from $81,880. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 122 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $62,728, the adjusted value of that $81,880 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 122 of 445 in the state.
- The Delaware median of $81,880 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $56,260 to $102,000. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Delaware take-home of $62,260, on $81,880 for work ranking 122 of 445 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 122 of 445 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $62,728 — the adjusted value of that $81,880 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 122 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $56,260 at the bottom tenth to $102,000 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 $62,728.
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, $62,260 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 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 ($56,260 to $102,000) 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 $62,728 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 $62,260 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.