Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,460
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$17,460
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,900
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
$75,920
Kept after tax
$58,460
Worth in national money
$58,900
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Delaware's middle earner gets $75,920, putting the state 15 of 51 — about 18.68% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 147 among 445 occupations Delaware publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $75,920, take-home of $58,460 is worth roughly $58,900 in national money. The average lands at $73,230, below the middle of the range.
- For elementary school teachers, except special education, Delaware sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $75,920, ranking 15 of 51 and running about 18.68% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 147 of 445 in Delaware places elementary school teachers, except special education in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for elementary school teachers, except special education, whose median is $75,920, the adjusted figure of $58,900 differs little from $58,460 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $73,230 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,100 |
| This salary | $75,920 |
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 | $58,460 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,240 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,149 |
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 | $70,547 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,113 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $75,920 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,330 and the ninetieth is $94,100 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $58,460, from $75,920, 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 147 of 445 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $58,900, the adjusted value of that $75,920 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 147 of 445 locally.
- The Delaware median of $75,920 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,330 to $94,100. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Delaware is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $58,460 from $75,920. 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 147 of 445 locally.
- This $58,900 adjusted figure, worked from $75,920, 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 147 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 147 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 $73,230, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $50,330 at the bottom tenth to $94,100 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 $58,900 in national terms.
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 $58,460 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $73,230. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,330 to $94,100) 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 $58,900 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 $58,460 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.