Public Relations Specialists in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,588
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$17,533
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,028
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
$76,120
Kept after tax
$58,588
Worth in national money
$59,028
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Delaware pays public relations specialists a middle wage of $76,120, ranking 13 of 51 states and sitting about 1.83% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 445 occupations Delaware reports figures for, this is number 145.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $76,120, take-home of $58,588 is worth roughly $59,028 in national money. The average comes to $79,960, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Delaware's median for public relations specialists is $76,120, about 1.83% above the national figure and 13 of 51 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, public relations specialists sits at 145 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.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for public relations specialists, whose median is $76,120, the adjusted figure of $59,028 differs little from $58,588 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $79,960 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Public Relations Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,290 |
| This salary | $76,120 |
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 | $58,588 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,380 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,165 |
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 | $70,729 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,135 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $76,120 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $43,720 and the ninetieth is $126,290 — 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 $58,588, worked from $76,120. 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 145 of 445.
- Two cautions on $59,028, the adjusted value of that $76,120 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 145 of 445 locally.
- The Delaware median of $76,120 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $43,720 to $126,290. 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 $58,588, on $76,120 for work ranking 145 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 145 of 445 in the state.
- This $59,028 adjusted figure, worked from $76,120, 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 145 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 145 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $79,960, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $43,720 at the bottom tenth to $126,290 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $59,028.
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 $58,588.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $79,960. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($43,720) and the ninetieth ($126,290) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $59,028 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 $58,588 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.