Butchers and Meat Cutters in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,933
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$9,107
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,218
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
$47,040
Kept after tax
$37,933
Worth in national money
$38,218
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is one of the better-paying states for butchers and meat cutters. The middle earner takes $47,040, which ranks 10 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 17.19% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Butchers and meat cutters ranks 315 among 445 occupations Delaware publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $47,040, tax leaves $37,933, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $38,218 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $47,830, since top earners drag the number up.
- Delaware ranks 10 of 51 states publishing a median for butchers and meat cutters, at $47,040 — about 17.19% 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 315 of 445 in Delaware places butchers and meat cutters 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 butchers and meat cutters — median $47,040 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $37,933 retained, $38,218 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $47,830 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Butchers and Meat Cutters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,290 |
| This salary | $47,040 |
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 | $37,933 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,977 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,921 |
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 | $44,496 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,532 |
| 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 $47,040. The published range is $35,870 up to $58,290, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $37,933, from $47,040, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 315 of 445 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,218, the adjusted value of that $47,040 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 315 of 445 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for butchers and meat cutters in Delaware the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,870 to $58,290. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Delaware is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,933 from $47,040. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 315 of 445 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $38,218 — the adjusted value of that $47,040 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 315 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,870 at the bottom tenth to $58,290 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $38,218.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Delaware adds its own income tax on top — which is why $37,933 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,870 to $58,290) 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 $38,218 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 $37,933 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.