Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,324
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$20,226
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,801
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
$83,550
Kept after tax
$63,324
Worth in national money
$63,801
State rank
13
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Delaware pays this job a middle wage of $83,550, ranking 13 of 50 states and sitting about 4.61% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 445 occupations Delaware reports figures for, this is number 116.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $83,550 the take-home is $63,324, which is worth about $63,801 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $88,450, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Delaware's median for aircraft mechanics and service technicians is $83,550, about 4.61% above the national figure and 13 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Delaware's occupational distribution, aircraft mechanics and service technicians sits at 116 of 445 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Delaware's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for aircraft mechanics and service technicians on its $83,550 median: $63,324 retained after tax becomes $63,801 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $88,450 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $116,370 |
| This salary | $83,550 |
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 | $63,324 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,607 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,772 |
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 | $77,461 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,973 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Delaware earn less than $83,550. The published range is $63,280 up to $116,370, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Delaware's $63,324, worked from $83,550. 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 116 of 445.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $63,801, the adjusted value of that $83,550 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 116 of 445 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for aircraft mechanics and service technicians in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $63,280 to $116,370. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Delaware take-home of $63,324, on $83,550 for work ranking 116 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 116 of 445 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $63,801 — the adjusted value of that $83,550 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 116 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 $88,450, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $63,280 at the tenth percentile, $116,370 at the ninetieth.
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 $63,801 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $63,324.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $88,450. 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 ($63,280 to $116,370) 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 $63,801 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 $63,324 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.