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Teacher Salary in Delaware

Delaware sits in the highest third of reporting jurisdictions at $92,029 (#3 of 49). According to the NCES Common Core of Data finance survey, estimated teacher pay and per-pupil spending are available for every public school district in Delaware.

$92,029
Est. state avg salary

Well above benchmark

+31.0%
vs national
#3
National rank
19
Districts

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$92,029/year (est.)

Delaware sits in the highest third of reporting jurisdictions at $92,029 (#3 of 49). Estimated average teacher salary is $92,029, meaningfully above the national average of $70,245, ranking #3 of 49, across 19 public school districts with reliable data (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Upper-third estimated pay: Delaware sits in the highest third of reporting jurisdictions at $92,029 (#3 of 49).
  • top decile nationally (#3 of 49)
  • Delaware ranks #3 of 49 on the salary estimate and #44 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • $49,257 spread between its highest- and lowest-paying districts
  • +31.0% vs the national average
  • +27.6% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (balanced cohort, not the FTE average above)
  • #3 of 49 purchasing-power-adjusted (BEA RPP 98.8)

Delaware sits in the top decile for estimated pay

Across 19 reliable-salary districts, the average estimate is $92,029: #3 of 49 jurisdictions with a reliable district estimate, and 31.0% above the national benchmark of $70,245.

The rank compares the same F-33-derived district measure nationwide. It does not include benefits, experience steps, taxes, or local living costs; use it as a relative state placement rather than an exact paycheck.

Delaware purchasing-power check on upper-third pay

Delaware's nominal average teacher salary ranks #3 of the 49 states and territories that report teacher salaries. Adjusted by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis's 2023 Regional Price Parity (98.8, US = 100, a relative state-level price-level index, not a district or metro cost-of-living figure), the estimate becomes $94,956, ranking #3 of 49 , unchanged from the nominal rank. This purchasing-power view is not published by NEA's teacher-pay rankings or the aggregator sites; it comes from combining our own F-33-derived salary estimate with BEA's public RPP series. See the full 51-state release for methodology and download. BEA Regional Price Parities · NCES CCD F-33

Delaware in the teacher-salary distribution

FY2023 estimated state averages from the same NCES-derived ranking

$92,029 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49 reporting states and territories

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Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey; state estimates derived from reported instructional-salary expenditure and teacher FTE · FY2023

Delaware's comparable salary trend

Same reporting-district cohort, FY2019-FY2023

FY2023 estimated average
$95,793 27.639297159436293% vs FY2019
18 districts held in the panel
$70,000$80,000$90,000$100,000 FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023 Delaware est. avg teacher salary, FY2019: $75,050Delaware est. avg teacher salary, FY2020: $84,149Delaware est. avg teacher salary, FY2021: $85,067Delaware est. avg teacher salary, FY2022: $90,277Delaware est. avg teacher salary, FY2023: $95,793 $75,050 $95,793 ▲ +27.6%
Read the chart as text
Period Delaware est. avg teacher salary
FY2019 $75,050
FY2020 $84,149
FY2021 $85,067
FY2022 $90,277
FY2023 $95,793

Highest-paying districts in Delaware

Estimated average teacher salary, enrolling districts (200+ students)

Est. avg salary

What this shows Christina School District leads Delaware on the F-33 instructional-salary estimate. Service entities (CTCs, county offices) are excluded, their enrollment-based ratios are not reliable salary figures.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

Top 3 districts

1 $117,104

Christina School District

Est. avg teacher salary
2 $110,272

Capital School District

Est. avg teacher salary
3 $104,375

New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District

Est. avg teacher salary

Districts by Estimated Teacher Salary

District Est. Avg Salary Enrollment Per-Pupil Exp
Christina School District $117,104 13,092 $37,779
Capital School District $110,272 6,396 $28,572
New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District $104,375 4,688 $24,699
Colonial School District $102,551 9,132 $25,637
Appoquinimink School District $99,624 12,804 $21,416
Sussex Technical School District $98,472 1,292 $26,905
Indian River School District $98,130 10,799 $23,962
Smyrna School District $93,057 6,067 $17,436
POLYTECH School District $91,538 1,203 $25,804
Delmar School District $90,986 1,427 $13,171
Woodbridge School District $88,522 2,494 $21,419
Red Clay Consolidated School District $87,385 14,771 $24,497
Caesar Rodney School District $87,010 8,286 $20,696
Seaford School District $86,735 3,410 $19,396
Cape Henlopen School District $86,060 6,336 $25,410
Lake Forest School District $81,482 3,611 $16,935
Laurel School District $79,329 2,598 $16,273
Milford School District $78,069 4,470 $17,120
Brandywine School District $67,847 10,367 $22,670

Specialized non-enrolling agencies (career/technical centers, county offices, service co-ops) are excluded from the salary ranking, their enrollment-based estimates are not reliable.

Nationwide peers near Delaware's smaller K-12 scale

Two nationwide peer sets for Delaware: closest on estimated average teacher salary ($92,029 here) and closest on total student enrollment (123,243 here). Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not geographic containment.

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other states by unweighted district-mean teacher pay (F-33 derived, ≥5 districts with reliable estimates).

Similar enrollment

Nearest other states by NCES-reported K-12 enrollment. Salary peers above are excluded.

Compare Nearby-Ranked States

District of Columbia
$124,986
Rank #1
California
$110,546
Rank #2
New York
$89,760
Rank #4
Rhode Island
$89,674
Rank #5

Data: NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey + Staff Universe Survey, FY2023. Salary figures divide instructional expenditure (variable Z33) by each district's reported teacher FTE, or an estimated FTE for the small minority with no reported figure. Not individual salary data. Read our methodology.

Delaware teacher salary FAQ

What is the average teacher salary in Delaware?

Across 19 Delaware public school districts with reliable data, the average teacher salary is $92,029 (NCES CCD F-33 reported teacher salaries divided by CCD Staff Universe Survey teacher headcounts, FY2023). It is a district-level mean derived from finance filings, so it will not match a contract-salary survey exactly, read it as a relative comparison.

Which Delaware school district pays teachers the most?

Christina School District reports the highest average teacher salary in Delaware at $117,104, while Brandywine School District sits at the lower end at $67,847.

How does Delaware teacher pay compare to the national average?

Delaware's average of $92,029 is meaningfully above the national average of $70,245 (+31.0%), ranking #3 of the 49 jurisdictions with a reliable district estimate.

How many school districts are in Delaware?

Delaware has 19 public school districts in the NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, together serving 123,243 students.

How much do teachers make in Delaware?

District-average teacher pay in Delaware runs from $67,847 in Brandywine School District to $117,104 in Christina School District, with 4 of 19 reliable-data districts at $100,000 or above. Where a teacher lands depends far more on which district employs them than on the statewide figure. These are district-wide averages from NCES CCD F-33 (FY2023), not individual salaries or pay-scale steps.

Can teachers earn $100,000 in Delaware?

4 of 19 Delaware districts with reliable data report an estimated average teacher salary of $100,000 or more, led by Christina School District at $117,104. This is a district-wide average, not an individual salary, step, or years-of-experience figure.

How does Delaware rank after adjusting for cost of living?

Within the separate enrollment-weighted state comparison, BEA's 2023 Regional Price Parity (98.8, US=100) adjusts Delaware's nominal estimate of $93,778 from #5 to $94,956 and #3. The headline uses an unweighted district mean, so this does not replace it. Neither measure is take-home pay, taxes, or district/metro cost of living.

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Disclaimer & data sources

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainTeacher for Delaware