Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,496
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$28,284
26.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,079
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
$105,780
Kept after tax
$77,496
Worth in national money
$78,079
State rank
21
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Delaware is 21 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $105,780. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Delaware. It ranks 56 out of 445 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $105,780, take-home of $77,496 is worth roughly $78,079 in national money. The average comes to $120,000, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Delaware ranks 21 of 50 for health specialties teachers, postsecondary at $105,780. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Delaware, health specialties teachers, postsecondary ranks 56 of 445 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for health specialties teachers, postsecondary, whose median is $105,780, the adjusted figure of $78,079 differs little from $77,496 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $120,000 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $105,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $200,430 |
| This salary | $105,780 |
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 | $77,496 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,246 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,587 |
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 | $97,606 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,480 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $105,780 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $64,840 and the ninetieth is $200,430 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $77,496, from $105,780, 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 56 of 445 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $78,079, the adjusted value of that $105,780 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 56 of 445 locally.
- The Delaware median of $105,780 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $64,840 to $200,430. 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 $77,496 from $105,780. 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 56 of 445 locally.
- This $78,079 adjusted figure, worked from $105,780, 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 56 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 56 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 $120,000, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $64,840, the highest tenth $200,430, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $78,079 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Delaware's own levy, $77,496 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $120,000. 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 ($64,840) and the ninetieth ($200,430) 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 $78,079 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 $77,496 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.