How much do teachers get paid in Delaware?
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Teachers made between $40,000 and $78,000 per year in 2025, depending on the role. These figures represent the annual median wage for Delaware pre-K–12 teachers. Preschool teachers tend to be at the lower end of the range, while high school teachers tend to be at the higher end, based on Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates. The median wage is the midpoint — half of teachers in each role earn more, and half earn less.
For comparison, in Delaware, the median wage across all occupations was $52,200 in 2025 — about 30% higher than the median preschool teacher wage.
$40K
median annual wage for preschool teachers in Delaware (2025)
$67.8K
median annual wage for middle school teachers in Delaware (2025)
Among teachers working in elementary, middle, and high schools, annual pay varied by the grade level taught. In Delaware in 2025, preschool teachers earned the least, earning around $40,010 annually. High school teachers made the most at around $77,960 per year. In other words, high school teachers earned about 95% more than preschool teachers.
High school teachers earn $78,000 annually, more than any other DE teachers
Median annual salary of elementary and secondary school teachers, excluding teachers of students with disabilities and technical teachers (DE, 2025)
Do Delaware teachers make more or less than the US average?
Teacher salaries vary nationwide. In 2025, Delaware teachers earned more than the national median for 4 of 5 grade levels reported. The largest percentage difference was among preschool teachers, who earned 29% less than the national median. High school teachers — typically the highest-paid group — earned about 8% more than their counterparts nationwide.
Delaware teachers earn more than the national average at 4 of 5 levels.
Median annual salary of elementary and secondary school teachers, excluding teachers of students with disabilities and technical teachers (DE, 2025)
How much do special education teachers make in Delaware? What about technical education teachers?
Pay also varies by specialization. Teachers of students with disabilities (collected in the data as “special education”), earn about the same or less than general education teachers at all levels except preschool in Delaware. In 2025, the median wages for teachers of students with disabilities ranged from 13% lower to 4% higher than those of other teachers at the same grade level.
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The largest difference for teachers of students with disabilities was at the elementary school level, where they earned $66,000 per year compared to $75,900 for other elementary teachers, a 13% difference.
Some schools, primarily middle and high schools, also employ technical teachers. These teachers provide vocational and technical training in fields such as automotive repair, culinary arts, cosmetology, and information technology, to help students develop career skills. In Delaware, their median wages were $79,200 at the high school level in 2025, 2% higher than those of general education teachers at the same level. Data for the middle school level is not available.
In Delaware, teachers of students with disabilities earned about the same or less than other teachers at every grade level.
Median annual salary of elementary and secondary school teachers (DE, 2025)
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