Health Education Specialists in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,095
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$13,205
20.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,472
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
$63,300
Kept after tax
$50,095
Worth in national money
$50,472
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Delaware is 25 of 51 states for health education specialists, with a middle wage of $63,300. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Health education specialists ranks 196 among 445 occupations Delaware publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $63,300, take-home of $50,095 is worth roughly $50,472 in national money. The average comes to $66,520, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Delaware ranks 25 of 51 for health education specialists at $63,300. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 196 of 445 in Delaware places health education specialists 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 health education specialists, whose median is $63,300, the adjusted figure of $50,472 differs little from $50,095 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $66,520 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Health Education Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,360 |
| This salary | $63,300 |
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 | $50,095 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,042 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,112 |
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 | $59,633 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,973 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $63,300 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,400 and the ninetieth is $99,360 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $50,095, from $63,300, 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 196 of 445 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $50,472 uses one figure for the whole of Delaware. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 445 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 196.
- The Delaware median of $63,300 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,400 to $99,360. 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 $50,095 from $63,300. 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 196 of 445 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $50,472, worked from $63,300, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Delaware address, on work sitting at 196 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $66,520, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $37,400 and the top tenth $99,360 — 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 $50,472 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 $50,095 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $66,520. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($37,400) and the ninetieth ($99,360) 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 $50,472 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 $50,095 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.