Residential Advisors in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,575
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$5,955
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,790
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
$34,530
Kept after tax
$28,575
Worth in national money
$28,790
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for residential advisors is on the low side in Delaware. The middle earner gets $34,530. That is 45 of 51 states, and about 18.25% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 445 occupations Delaware publishes, residential advisors lands at 416. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $34,530, take-home of $28,575 is worth roughly $28,790 in national money. The average comes to $38,920, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For residential advisors, Delaware sits in the lower band at $34,530, ranking 45 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 18.25%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Delaware, this work ranks 416 of 445 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for residential advisors, whose median is $34,530, the adjusted figure of $28,790 differs little from $28,575 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $38,920 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Residential Advisors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,720 |
| This salary | $34,530 |
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 | $28,575 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,925 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,004 |
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 | $32,850 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,424 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $34,530 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,200 and the ninetieth is $53,720 — 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 $28,575, worked from $34,530. 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 416 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $28,790, the adjusted value of that $34,530 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 416 of 445 in the state.
- The Delaware median of $34,530 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,200 to $53,720. 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 $28,575, on $34,530 for work ranking 416 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 416 of 445 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $28,790 — the adjusted value of that $34,530 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 416 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 $38,920, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,200 at the bottom tenth to $53,720 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 $28,790.
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 $28,575.
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 $38,920. 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 ($31,200 to $53,720) 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 $28,790 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 $28,575 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.