Tellers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,661
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$8,679
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,937
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
$45,340
Kept after tax
$36,661
Worth in national money
$36,937
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is one of the better-paying states for tellers. The middle earner takes $45,340, which ranks 11 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 5.37% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Delaware, this sits in the middle: 332 of 445 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $45,340, tax leaves $36,661, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $36,937 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $44,670.
- Delaware ranks 11 of 51 states publishing a median for tellers, at $45,340 — about 5.37% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Tellers ranks 332 of 445 occupations in Delaware by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Because Delaware sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for tellers — median $45,340 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $36,661 retained, $36,937 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $44,670 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Tellers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,600 |
| This salary | $45,340 |
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 | $36,661 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,611 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,796 |
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 | $42,914 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,382 |
| 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 $45,340. The published range is $37,620 up to $49,600, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $36,661 take-home in Delaware comes from $45,340. 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 332 of 445.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,937 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 332.
- Reported values are medians; for tellers in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,620 to $49,600. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $36,661, from $45,340, 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 332 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,937, worked from $45,340, 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 332 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,620 and the top tenth $49,600, 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 $36,937 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $36,661 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,620 to $49,600) 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 $36,937 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 $36,661 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.