Social Workers, All Other in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,508
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$23,742
25.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,031
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
$93,250
Kept after tax
$69,508
Worth in national money
$70,031
State rank
13
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for social workers, all other is strong here. Delaware's middle earner gets $93,250, putting the state 13 of 50 — about 29.69% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Delaware. It ranks 101 out of 445 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $93,250 the take-home is $69,508, which is worth about $70,031 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $88,180, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For social workers, all other, Delaware sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $93,250, ranking 13 of 50 and running about 29.69% 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, social workers, all other ranks 101 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.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for social workers, all other on its $93,250 median: $69,508 retained after tax becomes $70,031 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $88,180 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Social Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $121,950 |
| This salary | $93,250 |
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 | $69,508 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,431 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,564 |
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 | $86,251 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,067 |
| 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 $93,250. The published range is $54,960 up to $121,950, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $69,508 take-home in Delaware comes from $93,250. 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 101 of 445.
- Two cautions on $70,031, the adjusted value of that $93,250 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 101 of 445 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for social workers, all other in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $54,960 to $121,950. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $69,508, from $93,250, 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 101 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 50 for it.
- This $70,031 adjusted figure, worked from $93,250, 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 101 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 101 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 $88,180, 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?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $54,960 and the top tenth $121,950, so most people doing this work in Delaware sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $70,031 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 $69,508.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $88,180. 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 ($54,960 to $121,950) 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 $70,031 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 $69,508 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.