Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,438
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$11,972
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,787
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
$58,410
Kept after tax
$46,438
Worth in national money
$46,787
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Delaware's middle earner gets $58,410, putting the state 11 of 51 — about 15.39% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 240 among 445 occupations Delaware publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $58,410, tax leaves $46,438, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $46,787 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $58,500, since top earners drag the number up.
- For automotive service technicians and mechanics, Delaware sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $58,410, ranking 11 of 51 and running about 15.39% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 240 of 445 in Delaware places automotive service technicians and mechanics 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.
- Because Delaware sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for automotive service technicians and mechanics — median $58,410 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $46,438 retained, $46,787 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $58,500 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,280 |
| This salary | $58,410 |
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 | $46,438 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,112 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,753 |
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 | $55,081 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,539 |
| 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 $58,410. The published range is $36,700 up to $82,280, 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 $46,438, worked from $58,410. 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 240 of 445.
- Two cautions on $46,787, the adjusted value of that $58,410 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 240 of 445 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for automotive service technicians and mechanics in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,700 to $82,280. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Delaware take-home of $46,438, on $58,410 for work ranking 240 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 240 of 445 in the state.
- This $46,787 adjusted figure, worked from $58,410, 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 240 of 445 in the state. The occupation ranks 240 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 $36,700 and the top tenth $82,280 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $46,787 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 $46,438.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,700) and the ninetieth ($82,280) 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 $46,787 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 $46,438 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.