United States · Delaware · Updated for 2026
Delaware paycheck calculator 2026
On Delaware’s median pay of $52,190 in 2026, a single filer in Delaware takes home $41,686.24 a year ($1,603.32 every two weeks), after $4,082.80 federal income tax, $3,992.54 Social Security and Medicare, and $2,428.43 of Delaware tax and payroll contributions.
Change the pay, schedule, filing status or deductions below to see your own paycheck. It works as a Delaware salary calculator too: type a yearly salary or an hourly rate.
Take-home pay, 2026 · Delaware · single · paid every two weeks
$1,603.32 a paycheck
$41,686.24 a year · $3,473.85 a month · $20.04 an hour
| Per paycheck | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $2,007.31 | $52,190.00 |
| Federal income tax | −$157.03 | −$4,082.80 |
| Social Security | −$124.45 | −$3,235.78 |
| Medicare | −$29.11 | −$756.76 |
| Delaware income tax | −$85.37 | −$2,219.67 |
| Delaware Paid Leave | −$8.03 | −$208.76 |
| Take-home pay | $1,603.32 | $41,686.24 |
An estimate of the year’s tax divided evenly across your 26 paychecks, not your employer’s exact withholding table. An hour assumes 40 hours a week for 52 weeks.
Estimate your 2026 tax refund on this pay, with the new deductions for tips and overtime.
Local tax not included
Wilmington also taxes the wages of its residents and of people who work in the city; that tax is filed with the city, so it is not in this estimate.
Federal income tax
Taxable income: $52,190 of pay after pre-tax deductions, less the $16,100 standard deduction for single = $36,090.
| Income in bracket | Tax | |
|---|---|---|
| 10% bracket | $12,400 | $1,240.00 |
| 12% bracket | $23,690 | $2,842.80 |
| Federal income tax for the year | $4,082.80 |
Social Security and Medicare
- Social Security: 6.2% = $3,235.78 a year.
- Medicare: 1.45% of all pay = $756.76 a year.
Delaware tax
Delaware taxes $52,190 of your pay, less the $3,250 standard deduction: $48,940 of taxable income.
| Income in bracket | Tax | |
|---|---|---|
| 0% bracket | $2,000 | $0.00 |
| 2.2% bracket | $3,000 | $66.00 |
| 3.9% bracket | $5,000 | $195.00 |
| 4.8% bracket | $10,000 | $480.00 |
| 5.2% bracket | $5,000 | $260.00 |
| 5.55% bracket | $23,940 | $1,328.67 |
| Personal credit | −$110.00 |
Delaware income tax: $2,219.67 a year.
Delaware Paid Leave: $208.76 a year.
Taken from every paycheck, besides income tax: Delaware Paid Leave: 0.4% of pay up to $184,500.
Your tax rates
- Effective rate: 20.1%. That share of your pay goes in federal, state and payroll taxes.
- Marginal rate: 25.6%. Of your next dollar of pay, about 26 cents goes in tax, so you keep about 74 cents.
What are Delaware’s income tax rates for 2026?
Delaware has one schedule for every filing status. The first $2,000 of taxable income is not taxed; above it the rates run from 2.2% to 6.6%:
| Rate | Single | Married filing jointly | Head of household |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | from $0 | from $0 | from $0 |
| 2.2% | over $2,000 | over $2,000 | over $2,000 |
| 3.9% | over $5,000 | over $5,000 | over $5,000 |
| 4.8% | over $10,000 | over $10,000 | over $10,000 |
| 5.2% | over $20,000 | over $20,000 | over $20,000 |
| 5.55% | over $25,000 | over $25,000 | over $25,000 |
| 6.6% | over $60,000 | over $60,000 | over $60,000 |
Standard deduction: $3,250 single or head of household and $6,500 married filing jointly. Personal credit: $110 off the tax for you, and the same for a spouse on a joint return. The credit cannot take the tax below zero.
Also taken from pay, besides income tax: Delaware Paid Leave, 0.4% of pay up to $184,500.
How much tax do I pay on $52,190 in Delaware?
$52,190 is the median yearly pay for all jobs in Delaware (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025). A single filer paid every two weeks, with nothing taken before tax:
| Year | Per paycheck | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $52,190.00 | $2,007.31 |
| Federal income tax | $4,082.80 | $157.03 |
| Social Security | $3,235.78 | $124.45 |
| Medicare | $756.76 | $29.11 |
| Delaware income tax | $2,219.67 | $85.37 |
| Delaware Paid Leave | $208.76 | $8.03 |
| Take-home pay | $41,686.24 | $1,603.32 |
Effective rate: 20.1% of pay in tax. Of the next dollar, about 26 cents goes in tax. Open this example in the paycheck calculator.
What is different about paychecks in Delaware?
Delaware does not widen its brackets for a joint return, so a married couple’s income reaches the top rate of 6.6% at the same $60,000 of taxable income as a single filer’s.
So a couple where both spouses work usually pays less on a combined separate return, with each spouse using the full schedule and deduction. If each earns $60,000, that return costs $5,306.25 against $6,254.50 on a joint return, $948.25 less. This calculator works out a joint return as one earner, so a two-earner couple’s real Delaware tax is likely lower than shown.
Delaware Paid Leave began paying benefits in 2026. Employers with 25 or more employees may take up to 0.4% of pay for it, on pay up to the Social Security wage limit of $184,500 (at most $738 a year). Smaller employers take less or nothing; this estimate assumes the most.
Delaware’s rates, deduction and credit are fixed in law and do not rise with inflation.
How does Delaware compare with Maryland and Pennsylvania?
The same $52,190 salary, single, paid every two weeks:
| State tax and contributions a year | Take-home a year | Per paycheck | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | $2,428.43 | $41,686.24 | $1,603.32 |
| Maryland | $3,575.88 | $40,538.79 | $1,559.18 |
| Pennsylvania | $1,638.77 | $42,475.90 | $1,633.69 |
You take home $1,147.45 a year more in Delaware than in Maryland.
You take home $789.66 a year less in Delaware than in Pennsylvania.
What does this calculator leave out in Delaware?
- The combined separate return (filing status 4), which usually costs a two-earner couple less than the joint return shown here.
- Delaware’s earned income credit, the child care credit and the pension exclusions, which depend on more than your pay.
- Dependents, and credits such as the child tax credit.
- One job for the whole calendar year, with the same pay every paycheck, no bonus and no overtime.
- A married couple filing jointly is one earner: the whole household income is this pay.
- The year’s tax is divided evenly across your paychecks. Your employer withholds from each paycheck using your W-4 and the IRS tables, so a paycheck can differ a little.
The full list is on the sources page, and the method on how we calculate.
Which other states can I check?
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- California state income tax
- Colorado state income tax
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- District of Columbia state income tax
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- Nevada no income tax
- New Hampshire no income tax
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- New York state income tax
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- Oregon state income tax
- Pennsylvania state income tax
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- South Carolina state income tax
- South Dakota no income tax
- Tennessee no income tax
- Texas no income tax
- Utah state income tax
- Vermont state income tax
- Virginia state income tax
- Washington no income tax
- West Virginia state income tax
- Wisconsin state income tax
- Wyoming no income tax
Every state on one page: the US paycheck calculator. How the taxes work: US paycheck guides.
Pay by job: the highest paying jobs in Delaware after tax, and 830 jobs with their pay in every state. Your federal refund for 2026, with the new deductions: the tax refund calculator.
On an hourly wage? The Delaware minimum wage, with full-time pay and take-home pay.
Questions about paychecks in Delaware
How much is taken out of a paycheck in Delaware?
On $52,190 a year, single, paid every two weeks: $157.03 federal income tax, $153.56 Social Security and Medicare and $93.40 for Delaware (tax and payroll contributions) a paycheck, leaving $1,603.32.
What is the take-home pay on $100,000 in Delaware?
$73,521.00 a year, or $2,827.73 every two weeks, for a single filer with nothing taken before tax.
Is Delaware state tax taken out of every paycheck?
Yes. Employers in Delaware withhold state income tax from each paycheck along with federal tax. This calculator spreads the year’s tax evenly across your paychecks, so a single paycheck can differ a little.
What are Delaware’s income tax rates in 2026?
Nothing on the first $2,000 of taxable income, then 2.2%, 3.9%, 4.8%, 5.2%, 5.55% and 6.6% above $60,000. The same brackets apply to every filing status.
Should a married couple in Delaware file jointly?
Usually not when both spouses work. Delaware’s joint return puts both incomes through one single-width schedule, so a combined separate return, where each spouse uses the full schedule and a $3,250 deduction, is often cheaper. Delaware’s own instructions say separate returns are generally better when both spouses have income.
Does Delaware tax military pay?
Yes. A Delaware resident’s active-duty military pay is taxed by Delaware wherever the member is stationed. Military pensions get a partial exclusion.