Postsecondary Teachers, All Other in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,493
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$26,577
26.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,054
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
$101,070
Kept after tax
$74,493
Worth in national money
$75,054
State rank
1
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Delaware pays this job a middle wage of $101,070, ranking 1 of 48 states and sitting about 30.18% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Delaware. It ranks 74 out of 445 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $101,070 the take-home is $74,493, which is worth about $75,054 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $95,930, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Delaware's median for postsecondary teachers, all other is $101,070, about 30.18% above the national figure and 1 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Delaware, postsecondary teachers, all other ranks 74 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.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for postsecondary teachers, all other on its $101,070 median: $74,493 retained after tax becomes $75,054 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $95,930 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,260 |
| This salary | $101,070 |
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 | $74,493 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,933 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,203 |
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 | $93,338 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,949 |
| 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 postsecondary teachers, all other in Delaware earn under $101,070 and half over. The published range runs $62,480 at the tenth percentile to $131,260 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $74,493, from $101,070, 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 74 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 $75,054 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 74.
- Figures are distribution medians for postsecondary teachers, all other in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $62,480 to $131,260; 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.
- Take-home for Delaware is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $74,493 from $101,070. 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 74 of 445 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $75,054, worked from $101,070, 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 74 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 $95,930 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $62,480 and the top tenth $131,260, so most people doing this work in Delaware sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Delaware sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $75,054 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $74,493.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 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 $95,930. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($62,480 to $131,260) 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 $75,054 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 $74,493 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.