Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,803
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$29,027
26.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,396
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
$107,830
Kept after tax
$78,803
Worth in national money
$79,396
State rank
18
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Delaware is 18 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $107,830. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Delaware. It ranks 54 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 $107,830, take-home of $78,803 is worth roughly $79,396 in national money. The average comes to $108,940, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Delaware ranks 18 of 49 for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products at $107,830. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Delaware, sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products ranks 54 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 sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products, whose median is $107,830, the adjusted figure of $79,396 differs little from $78,803 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $108,940 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $146,460 |
| This salary | $107,830 |
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 | $78,803 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,688 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,755 |
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 | $99,464 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,712 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Delaware earn less than $107,830. The published range is $58,550 up to $146,460, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Delaware's $78,803, worked from $107,830. 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 54 of 445.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $79,396 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 54.
- Reported values are medians; for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $58,550 to $146,460. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Delaware take-home of $78,803, on $107,830 for work ranking 54 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 54 of 445 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $79,396, worked from $107,830, 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 54 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $58,550, the highest tenth $146,460, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Delaware is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $79,396 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Delaware adds its own income tax on top — which is why $78,803 of this wage survives to your account.
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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($58,550) and the ninetieth ($146,460) 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 $79,396 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 $78,803 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.