Family Medicine Physicians in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$154,922
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$73,078
32.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$156,088
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
$228,000
Kept after tax
$154,922
Worth in national money
$156,088
State rank
39
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is among the lower-paying states for family medicine physicians. The middle earner takes $228,000, ranking 39 of 51 states — about 6.63% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Delaware this is well-paid work. Of 445 occupations with published figures in the state, family medicine physicians ranks 3 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $228,000, tax leaves $154,922, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $156,088 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $226,230.
- Delaware ranks 39 of 51 for family medicine physicians, with a median of $228,000 — about 6.63% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Ranked against every occupation Delaware publishes a median for, family medicine physicians sits 3 of 445 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Delaware sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for family medicine physicians — median $228,000 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $154,922 retained, $156,088 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $226,230 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Family Medicine Physicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $122,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $228,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $331,570 |
| This salary | $228,000 |
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 | $154,922 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $168,739 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$17,556 |
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 | $208,140 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$24,264 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $228,000 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $122,940 and the ninetieth is $331,570 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Delaware's $154,922, worked from $228,000. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 3 of 445.
- Two cautions on $156,088, the adjusted value of that $228,000 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 3 of 445 locally.
- The Delaware median of $228,000 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $122,940 to $331,570. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Delaware take-home of $154,922, on $228,000 for work ranking 3 of 445 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 3 of 445 in the state.
- This $156,088 adjusted figure, worked from $228,000, 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 3 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 3 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $122,940 and the top tenth $331,570 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $156,088 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 $154,922 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($122,940) and the ninetieth ($331,570) 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 $156,088 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 $154,922 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.