Marriage and Family Therapists in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,881
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$17,699
23.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,324
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
$76,580
Kept after tax
$58,881
Worth in national money
$59,324
State rank
8
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for marriage and family therapists is strong here. Delaware's middle earner gets $76,580, putting the state 8 of 45 — about 14.4% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Delaware, this sits in the middle: 144 of 445 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $76,580, tax leaves $58,881, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $59,324 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $74,480.
- For marriage and family therapists, Delaware sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $76,580, ranking 8 of 45 and running about 14.4% 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.
- Marriage and family therapists ranks 144 of 445 occupations in Delaware by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Because Delaware sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for marriage and family therapists — median $76,580 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $58,881 retained, $59,324 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $74,480 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Marriage and Family Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $91,140 |
| This salary | $76,580 |
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 | $58,881 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,704 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,203 |
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 | $71,145 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,187 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Delaware earn less than $76,580. The published range is $53,730 up to $91,140, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Delaware's $58,881, worked from $76,580. 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 144 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $59,324, the adjusted value of that $76,580 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 144 of 445 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for marriage and family therapists in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $53,730 to $91,140. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Delaware take-home of $58,881, on $76,580 for work ranking 144 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 144 of 445 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $59,324 — the adjusted value of that $76,580 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 144 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $53,730 at the bottom tenth to $91,140 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $59,324.
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, $58,881 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($53,730 to $91,140) 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 $59,324 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 $58,881 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.