Pediatricians, General in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$149,720
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$69,470
31.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$150,847
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
$219,190
Kept after tax
$149,720
Worth in national money
$150,847
State rank
18
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Delaware pays pediatricians, general around $219,190 at the midpoint, 18 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Delaware this is well-paid work. Of 445 occupations with published figures in the state, pediatricians, general ranks 4 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $219,190, tax leaves $149,720, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $150,847 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $213,680.
- For pediatricians, general the Delaware median is $219,190, ranking 18 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Delaware publishes a median for, pediatricians, general sits 4 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 pediatricians, general — median $219,190 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $149,720 retained, $150,847 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $213,680 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Pediatricians, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $82,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $219,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $302,300 |
| This salary | $219,190 |
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 | $149,720 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $162,955 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,846 |
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 | $201,076 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$22,331 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of pediatricians, general in Delaware earn under $219,190 and half over. The published range runs $82,540 at the tenth percentile to $302,300 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $149,720 take-home in Delaware comes from $219,190. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 4 of 445.
- Two cautions on $150,847, the adjusted value of that $219,190 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 4 of 445 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for pediatricians, general in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $82,540 to $302,300; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $149,720, from $219,190, assumes a single Delaware filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 4 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 49 for it.
- This $150,847 adjusted figure, worked from $219,190, 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 4 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 4 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 $82,540 and the top tenth $302,300 — 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 $150,847 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Delaware then takes its own share, leaving $149,720.
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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($82,540) and the ninetieth ($302,300) 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 $150,847 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 $149,720 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.