School Psychologists in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,255
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$24,735
25.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,791
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
$95,990
Kept after tax
$71,255
Worth in national money
$71,791
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Delaware pays school psychologists around $95,990 at the midpoint, 12 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 445 occupations Delaware reports, school psychologists comes in at 92 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $95,990, tax leaves $71,255, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $71,791 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $92,310.
- For school psychologists the Delaware median is $95,990, ranking 12 of 51 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.
- School psychologists ranks 92 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.
- Because Delaware sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for school psychologists — median $95,990 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $71,255 retained, $71,791 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $92,310 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: School Psychologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $68,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,830 |
| This salary | $95,990 |
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 | $71,255 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,359 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,788 |
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 | $88,734 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,376 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $95,990 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $68,270 and the ninetieth is $124,830 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Delaware's $71,255, worked from $95,990. 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 92 of 445.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $71,791 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 92.
- The Delaware median of $95,990 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $68,270 to $124,830. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Delaware take-home of $71,255, on $95,990 for work ranking 92 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 92 of 445 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $71,791, worked from $95,990, 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 92 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $92,310, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $68,270 at the bottom tenth to $124,830 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $71,791 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Delaware adds its own income tax on top — which is why $71,255 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $92,310. 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 ($68,270 to $124,830) 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 $71,791 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 $71,255 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.