Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,570
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$18,660
23.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,026
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
$79,230
Kept after tax
$60,570
Worth in national money
$61,026
State rank
8
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Delaware pays this job a middle wage of $79,230, ranking 8 of 49 states and sitting about 19.56% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 445 occupations Delaware reports figures for, this is number 130.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $79,230 the take-home is $60,570, which is worth about $61,026 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $78,570, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Delaware's median for career/technical education teachers, secondary school is $79,230, about 19.56% above the national figure and 8 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Delaware's occupational distribution, career/technical education teachers, secondary school sits at 130 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 career/technical education teachers, secondary school on its $79,230 median: $60,570 retained after tax becomes $61,026 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $78,570 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,920 |
| This salary | $79,230 |
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 | $60,570 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,568 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,419 |
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 | $73,547 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,486 |
| 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 $79,230. The published range is $62,010 up to $95,920, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $60,570, from $79,230, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 130 of 445 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $61,026, the adjusted value of that $79,230 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 130 of 445 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $62,010 to $95,920. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Delaware is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $60,570 from $79,230. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 130 of 445 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $61,026 — the adjusted value of that $79,230 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 130 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $62,010 at the tenth percentile, $95,920 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Delaware sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $61,026 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $60,570 remains.
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 49 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 ($62,010 to $95,920) 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 $61,026 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 $60,570 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.