Biological Technicians in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,542
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$12,008
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,893
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
$58,550
Kept after tax
$46,542
Worth in national money
$46,893
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Delaware pays biological technicians a middle wage of $58,550, ranking 12 of 51 states and sitting about 1.81% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Delaware, this sits in the middle: 237 of 445 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $58,550 the take-home is $46,542, which is worth about $46,893 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $59,440, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Delaware's median for biological technicians is $58,550, about 1.81% above the national figure and 12 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Biological technicians ranks 237 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.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for biological technicians on its $58,550 median: $46,542 retained after tax becomes $46,893 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $59,440 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Biological Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,910 |
| This salary | $58,550 |
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 | $46,542 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,225 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,763 |
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 | $55,211 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,551 |
| 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 $58,550. The published range is $44,570 up to $77,910, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $46,542 take-home in Delaware comes from $58,550. 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 237 of 445.
- Two cautions on $46,893, the adjusted value of that $58,550 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 237 of 445 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for biological technicians in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $44,570 to $77,910. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $46,542, from $58,550, 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 237 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 51 for it.
- This $46,893 adjusted figure, worked from $58,550, 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 237 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 237 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $44,570 at the bottom tenth to $77,910 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $46,893 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Delaware's own levy, $46,542 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($44,570 to $77,910) 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 $46,893 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 $46,542 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.