Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,694
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$12,396
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,053
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
$60,090
Kept after tax
$47,694
Worth in national money
$48,053
State rank
1
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Delaware is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $60,090, which ranks 1 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 28.73% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Delaware, this sits in the middle: 224 of 445 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $60,090, take-home of $47,694 is worth roughly $48,053 in national money. The average lands at $55,900, below the middle of the range.
- Delaware ranks 1 of 49 states publishing a median for cabinetmakers and bench carpenters, at $60,090 — about 28.73% 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.
- Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters ranks 224 of 445 occupations in Delaware by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for cabinetmakers and bench carpenters, whose median is $60,090, the adjusted figure of $48,053 differs little from $47,694 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $55,900 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,110 |
| This salary | $60,090 |
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 | $47,694 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,462 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,876 |
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 | $56,645 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,688 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,090 as a midpoint for Delaware, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,200 and the ninetieth is $70,110 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $47,694, from $60,090, 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 224 of 445 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $48,053 uses one figure for the whole of Delaware. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 445 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 224.
- The Delaware median of $60,090 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,200 to $70,110. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Delaware is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $47,694 from $60,090. 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 224 of 445 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $48,053, worked from $60,090, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Delaware address, on work sitting at 224 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $55,900 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,200 at the tenth percentile, $70,110 at the ninetieth.
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 $48,053.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Delaware's own levy, $47,694 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $55,900. 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 ($31,200 to $70,110) 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 $48,053 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 $47,694 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.