Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,169
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$18,432
23.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,621
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
$78,600
Kept after tax
$60,169
Worth in national money
$60,621
State rank
3
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Delaware's middle earner gets $78,600, putting the state 3 of 50 — about 27.72% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 445 occupations Delaware reports figures for, this is number 136.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $78,600 the take-home is $60,169, which is worth about $60,621 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $76,660, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors, Delaware sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $78,600, ranking 3 of 50 and running about 27.72% 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.
- In Delaware's occupational distribution, adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors sits at 136 of 445 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors on its $78,600 median: $60,169 retained after tax becomes $60,621 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $76,660 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,630 |
| This salary | $78,600 |
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 | $60,169 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,125 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,368 |
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 | $72,976 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,415 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $78,600 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,360 and the ninetieth is $104,630 — 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 $60,169, worked from $78,600. 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 136 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $60,621, the adjusted value of that $78,600 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 136 of 445 in the state.
- The Delaware median of $78,600 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,360 to $104,630. 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 $60,169, on $78,600 for work ranking 136 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 136 of 445 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $60,621 — the adjusted value of that $78,600 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 136 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $49,360 at the tenth percentile, $104,630 at the ninetieth.
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 $60,621.
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 $60,169 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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,360 to $104,630) 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 $60,621 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 $60,169 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.