Dietetic Technicians in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,624
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$7,656
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,877
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
$41,280
Kept after tax
$33,624
Worth in national money
$33,877
State rank
14
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Delaware pays dietetic technicians a middle wage of $41,280, ranking 14 of 45 states and sitting about 9.67% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Delaware, this one sits low: 357 of 445 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $41,280, tax leaves $33,624, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $33,877 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $42,000, since top earners drag the number up.
- Delaware's median for dietetic technicians is $41,280, about 9.67% above the national figure and 14 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Dietetic technicians occupies position 357 of 445 in Delaware's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Because Delaware sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for dietetic technicians — median $41,280 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $33,624 retained, $33,877 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $42,000 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Dietetic Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,880 |
| This salary | $41,280 |
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 | $33,624 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,348 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,499 |
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 | $39,134 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,022 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of dietetic technicians in Delaware earn under $41,280 and half over. The published range runs $33,280 at the tenth percentile to $49,880 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $33,624 take-home in Delaware comes from $41,280. 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 357 of 445.
- Two cautions on $33,877, the adjusted value of that $41,280 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 357 of 445 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for dietetic technicians in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,280 to $49,880; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $33,624, from $41,280, 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 357 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 45 for it.
- This $33,877 adjusted figure, worked from $41,280, 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 357 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 357 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $33,280 at the tenth percentile, $49,880 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 $33,877 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $33,624 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,280 to $49,880) 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 $33,877 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 $33,624 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.