Training and Development Managers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$118,917
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$53,423
31.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$119,812
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
$172,340
Kept after tax
$118,917
Worth in national money
$119,812
State rank
1
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Delaware pays this job a middle wage of $172,340, ranking 1 of 48 states and sitting about 29.58% above the national middle.
- Within Delaware this is well-paid work. Of 445 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 9 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $172,340, tax leaves $118,917, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $119,812 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $164,030.
- Delaware's median for training and development managers is $172,340, about 29.58% above the national figure and 1 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Delaware publishes a median for, training and development managers sits 9 of 445 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Delaware sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for training and development managers — median $172,340 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $118,917 retained, $119,812 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $164,030 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Training and Development Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $95,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $172,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $216,510 |
| This salary | $172,340 |
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 | $118,917 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $129,060 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,000 |
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 | $157,500 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,483 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $172,340 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $95,540 and the ninetieth is $216,510 — 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 $118,917, worked from $172,340. 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 9 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $119,812, the adjusted value of that $172,340 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 9 of 445 in the state.
- The Delaware median of $172,340 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $95,540 to $216,510. 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 $118,917, on $172,340 for work ranking 9 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 9 of 445 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $119,812 — the adjusted value of that $172,340 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 9 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $164,030 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $95,540 at the bottom tenth to $216,510 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 $119,812.
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 $118,917 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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $164,030. 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 ($95,540 to $216,510) 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 $119,812 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 $118,917 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.