Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,139
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$9,851
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,441
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
$49,990
Kept after tax
$40,139
Worth in national money
$40,441
State rank
42
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Delaware pays this job a middle wage of $49,990, 42 of 49 states and about 24.02% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 445 occupations Delaware reports figures for, this is number 288.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $49,990 the take-home is $40,139, which is worth about $40,441 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $73,300, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Delaware's $49,990 median for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other places it 42 of 49 states, about 24.02% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Delaware's occupational distribution, healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other sits at 288 of 445 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other on its $49,990 median: $40,139 retained after tax becomes $40,441 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $73,300 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $161,160 |
| This salary | $49,990 |
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 | $40,139 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,347 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,137 |
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 | $47,243 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,793 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,990 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,590 and the ninetieth is $161,160 — 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 $40,139, worked from $49,990. 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 288 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,441, the adjusted value of that $49,990 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 288 of 445 in the state.
- The Delaware median of $49,990 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,590 to $161,160. 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 $40,139, on $49,990 for work ranking 288 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 288 of 445 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $40,441 — the adjusted value of that $49,990 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 288 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $73,300 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $40,590 at the bottom tenth to $161,160 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $40,441 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 $40,139 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $73,300. 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 ($40,590) and the ninetieth ($161,160) 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 $40,441 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 $40,139 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.