Psychiatrists in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$185,067
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$94,343
33.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$186,460
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
$279,410
Kept after tax
$185,067
Worth in national money
$186,460
State rank
21
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Delaware is 21 of 46 states for psychiatrists, with a middle wage of $279,410. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 445 occupations Delaware reports, psychiatrists comes in at 2 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $279,410 the take-home is $185,067, which is worth about $186,460 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $243,740, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Delaware ranks 21 of 46 for psychiatrists at $279,410. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Psychiatrists ranks 2 of 445 occupations by median in Delaware, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for psychiatrists on its $279,410 median: $185,067 retained after tax becomes $186,460 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $243,740 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Psychiatrists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $279,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $410,910 |
| This salary | $279,410 |
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 | $185,067 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $202,277 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$21,698 |
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 | $252,871 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$32,441 |
| 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 psychiatrists in Delaware earn under $279,410 and half over. The published range runs $57,150 at the tenth percentile to $410,910 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Delaware's $185,067, worked from $279,410. 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 2 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $186,460, the adjusted value of that $279,410 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 2 of 445 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for psychiatrists in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $57,150 to $410,910; 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.
- The Delaware take-home of $185,067, on $279,410 for work ranking 2 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 2 of 445 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $186,460 — the adjusted value of that $279,410 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 2 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 $243,740, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $57,150 at the bottom tenth to $410,910 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $186,460 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $185,067 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $243,740. 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 ($57,150) and the ninetieth ($410,910) 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 $186,460 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 $185,067 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.