Tutors in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$27,610
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$5,630
16.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,818
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
$33,240
Kept after tax
$27,610
Worth in national money
$27,818
State rank
46
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is among the lower-paying states for tutors. The middle earner takes $33,240, ranking 46 of 50 states — about 23.32% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Delaware, this one sits low: 429 of 445 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $33,240, tax leaves $27,610, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $27,818 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $35,800, since top earners drag the number up.
- Delaware ranks 46 of 50 for tutors, with a median of $33,240 — about 23.32% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Tutors occupies position 429 of 445 in Delaware's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Because Delaware sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for tutors — median $33,240 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $27,610 retained, $27,818 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $35,800 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Tutors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $41,920 |
| This salary | $33,240 |
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 | $27,610 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $28,888 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,910 |
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 | $31,650 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,310 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $33,240 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,200 and the ninetieth is $41,920 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $27,610, from $33,240, 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 429 of 445 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $27,818, the adjusted value of that $33,240 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 429 of 445 locally.
- The Delaware median of $33,240 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,200 to $41,920. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Delaware is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $27,610 from $33,240. 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 429 of 445 locally.
- This $27,818 adjusted figure, worked from $33,240, 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 429 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 429 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 $35,800, 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 $31,200 at the bottom tenth to $41,920 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $27,818.
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 $27,610.
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 50 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 $35,800. 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 ($31,200 to $41,920) 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 $27,818 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 $27,610 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.