Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,286
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$11,584
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,626
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
$56,870
Kept after tax
$45,286
Worth in national money
$45,626
State rank
17
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Delaware is 17 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $56,870. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Delaware, this sits in the middle: 254 of 445 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $56,870, take-home of $45,286 is worth roughly $45,626 in national money. The average lands at $55,470, below the middle of the range.
- Delaware ranks 17 of 50 for educational instruction and library workers, all other at $56,870. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Educational instruction and library workers, all other ranks 254 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.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for educational instruction and library workers, all other, whose median is $56,870, the adjusted figure of $45,626 differs little from $45,286 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $55,470 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,870 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,330 |
| This salary | $56,870 |
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 | $45,286 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,875 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,640 |
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 | $53,647 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,403 |
| 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 $56,870. The published range is $40,720 up to $72,330, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $45,286 take-home in Delaware comes from $56,870. 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 254 of 445.
- Two cautions on $45,626, the adjusted value of that $56,870 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 254 of 445 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for educational instruction and library workers, all other in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,720 to $72,330. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $45,286, from $56,870, 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 254 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 50 for it.
- This $45,626 adjusted figure, worked from $56,870, 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 254 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 254 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $40,720 and the top tenth $72,330, so most people doing this work in Delaware sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $45,626.
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 $45,286.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,720 to $72,330) 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 $45,626 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 $45,286 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.