Training and Development Specialists in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,524
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$22,046
24.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,025
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
$88,570
Kept after tax
$66,524
Worth in national money
$67,025
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Delaware's middle earner gets $88,570, putting the state 1 of 51 — about 27.84% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 445 occupations Delaware reports, this job comes in at 108 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $88,570, take-home of $66,524 is worth roughly $67,025 in national money. The average comes to $89,780, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For training and development specialists, Delaware sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $88,570, ranking 1 of 51 and running about 27.84% 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.
- Training and development specialists ranks 108 of 445 occupations by median in Delaware, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for training and development specialists, whose median is $88,570, the adjusted figure of $67,025 differs little from $66,524 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $89,780 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Training and Development Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $88,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $119,780 |
| This salary | $88,570 |
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 | $66,524 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $71,139 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,182 |
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 | $82,010 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,539 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $88,570 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $57,260 and the ninetieth is $119,780 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $66,524 take-home in Delaware comes from $88,570. 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 108 of 445.
- Two cautions on $67,025, the adjusted value of that $88,570 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 108 of 445 locally.
- The Delaware median of $88,570 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $57,260 to $119,780. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $66,524, from $88,570, 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 108 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 51 for it.
- This $67,025 adjusted figure, worked from $88,570, 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 108 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 108 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $57,260 at the tenth percentile, $119,780 at the ninetieth.
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 $67,025 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 $66,524 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 ($57,260 to $119,780) 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 $67,025 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 $66,524 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.