Psychiatric Technicians in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,478
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$6,932
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,714
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
$38,410
Kept after tax
$31,478
Worth in national money
$31,714
State rank
44
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Delaware pays psychiatric technicians a middle wage of $38,410, 44 of 49 states and about 14.89% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Delaware this is lower-paid work. Of 445 occupations the state publishes figures for, psychiatric technicians ranks 375. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $38,410, take-home of $31,478 is worth roughly $31,714 in national money. The average comes to $39,790, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Delaware's $38,410 median for psychiatric technicians places it 44 of 49 states, about 14.89% 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.
- Against every occupation Delaware reports, psychiatric technicians ranks 375 of 445, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for psychiatric technicians, whose median is $38,410, the adjusted figure of $31,714 differs little from $31,478 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $39,790 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Psychiatric Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,320 |
| This salary | $38,410 |
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 | $31,478 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,042 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,289 |
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 | $36,462 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,768 |
| 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 $38,410. The published range is $32,100 up to $47,320, 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 $31,478, worked from $38,410. 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 375 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $31,714, the adjusted value of that $38,410 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 375 of 445 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for psychiatric technicians in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,100 to $47,320. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Delaware take-home of $31,478, on $38,410 for work ranking 375 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 375 of 445 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $31,714 — the adjusted value of that $38,410 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 375 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 $39,790, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,100 at the tenth percentile, $47,320 at the ninetieth.
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 $31,714.
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 $31,478.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 $39,790. 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 ($32,100 to $47,320) 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 $31,714 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 $31,478 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.