Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,932
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$21,709
24.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,428
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
$87,640
Kept after tax
$65,932
Worth in national money
$66,428
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $87,640, which ranks 11 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 17.94% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 445 occupations Delaware reports, this job comes in at 109 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $87,640 the take-home is $65,932, which is worth about $66,428 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $79,300, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Delaware ranks 11 of 51 states publishing a median for cardiovascular technologists and technicians, at $87,640 — about 17.94% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Cardiovascular technologists and technicians ranks 109 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.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for cardiovascular technologists and technicians on its $87,640 median: $65,932 retained after tax becomes $66,428 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $79,300 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $87,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $111,240 |
| This salary | $87,640 |
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 | $65,932 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $70,485 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,106 |
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 | $81,168 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,434 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $87,640 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,980 and the ninetieth is $111,240 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $65,932 take-home in Delaware comes from $87,640. 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 109 of 445.
- Two cautions on $66,428, the adjusted value of that $87,640 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 109 of 445 locally.
- The Delaware median of $87,640 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,980 to $111,240. 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 $65,932, from $87,640, 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 109 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 51 for it.
- This $66,428 adjusted figure, worked from $87,640, 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 109 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 109 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $79,300, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $39,980 at the bottom tenth to $111,240 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $66,428 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Delaware then takes its own share, leaving $65,932.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $79,300. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($39,980) and the ninetieth ($111,240) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $66,428 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 $65,932 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.