Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,680
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$15,310
21.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,091
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
$69,990
Kept after tax
$54,680
Worth in national money
$55,091
State rank
3
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $69,990, which ranks 3 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 33.06% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 165 among 445 occupations Delaware publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $69,990, take-home of $54,680 is worth roughly $55,091 in national money. The average lands at $69,640, below the middle of the range.
- Delaware ranks 3 of 45 states publishing a median for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers, at $69,990 — about 33.06% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 165 of 445 in Delaware places audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers, whose median is $69,990, the adjusted figure of $55,091 differs little from $54,680 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $69,640 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,490 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $69,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,990 |
| This salary | $69,990 |
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 | $54,680 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,068 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,665 |
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 | $65,339 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,076 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $69,990 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,490 and the ninetieth is $99,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $54,680 take-home in Delaware comes from $69,990. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 165 of 445.
- Two cautions on $55,091, the adjusted value of that $69,990 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 165 of 445 locally.
- The Delaware median of $69,990 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,490 to $99,990. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $54,680, from $69,990, assumes a single Delaware filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 165 of 445 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 45 for it.
- This $55,091 adjusted figure, worked from $69,990, 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 165 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 165 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $48,490 and the top tenth $99,990 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $55,091 in national terms.
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 $54,680.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($48,490) and the ninetieth ($99,990) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $55,091 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 $54,680 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.